The Brilliance in Simplicity.

Discuss: It never fails to amaze me that ALL the books ever written are made up of just twenty six letters.
When I saw this prompt, my first thought was how amazing the word usage is in some books and how some authors are so extraordinarily talented at weaving the 26 letters available to all of us into the most vivid and memorable descriptions, concepts, and thoughts.
We all have the same tools for writing, 26 letters, its how we string those letters together that makes all the difference. We add other writing tools to these basic building blocks and focus on showing and not telling, dialogue, avoiding filter words, and other learned techniques, but at the end of the day, the quality of our stories boils down to the words on the page.
Some examples of great writing that have remained with me long after I finished reading a…
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I am fascinated by words
Me too, Beth. I think you know I write novels, that said, I’ll say what I intended to say– —- I once said that I don’t charge for the words in a book but I do charge for putting them together.
That is a good quote, Danny, how you put the words together is what its all about. Thank you for sharing my post.
That’s perfectly said –
It was my pleasure, Robbie. Thank you for the praise. 🙂