Today’s blog post is brought to you by the letter A (as in awesome) and the number one (as in I am). Now, if I may direct your attention to the title of this post. Yes, there is a reason for it. No it’s not because I am styling (but thank you nonetheless) but it is because I just began reading a book on english grammar and proper punctuation. The rules may be pretty loosely defined over the years and different teachers have their own preferences, but this is the definitive rulebook if you would.
The book is entitled as my post is: Elements of Style. The authors are William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White. Thus far everything seems pretty common sense, that is until you’re revising your own work with a fine tooth comb. I have been working more on structure and sentence building as well as paragraph maintenance. If you’re a writer or consider yourself to be one, you need this book. I’ll bet even most successful authors have this in their libraries. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts it has been awhile since I’ve written this much, lately I’ve got the quantity down but now I need to focus on the quality.
The old articles and short stories will remain up in their choppy, garbled forms; but new articles will begin to rise from their ashes. The short story I am working on right now may require some more editing. I’m unsure if I will be able to as I just passed a significant event in the story. I’m not even sure how close I will be to completing a story as I write until I’ve had my fill each day. Today will be the sixth day writing it, and I’m already at over four thousand words. Wish me luck and hopefully I will be able to leave you all with at the very least an interesting story and some decent writing practice for myself!
Strangely enough I got inspired for a story about a daughter seeking out the father that walked out on her, only to discover that he wanted to be a part of her life so badly he documented the things he did and places he went for her. Not sure as to why this idea popped into my head, but I do like it and the potential characters I can write about. As Barney Stinson would say… “Challenge Accepted!”