Diving headlong from the platforms of social media, texting, and email my thoughts and conversation flail as punctuation re-purposed as faces, hearts, and other embellishment look on. Shortcuts have declared war on the well-written word. The romance of nuance and tone is forgotten as words march away to do battle with the reply and demand…
Category: On Writing Well
Building The Big Stuff
I have always been in absolute awe of those who built the big stuff using rudimentary tools. I feel like it would have been pretty overwhelming to take on such a task. The problem for me at this point is that the tools are too sophisticated. I feel like an ant staring up at a monolith when faced with…