Thinking aloud in the woods of Stone Mountain, Ga.
The shortest writing lesson might come from Chekhov.
He once said: “I can speak briefly on long subjects.” Just follow that example.
Then again, I once asked my father what made for good writing.
He replied: “Short words. Short sentences.”
It’s a cliche of drama: an opening scene in which villains terrorize the helpless. I suppose I was profoundly moved the first hundred times...
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