I'm A Christian, And Those Beliefs Occasionally

The Two Mistakes That Come To Mind Are People Who Introduce A Flood Of Characters In The First Few Pages. Where The Reader Has To Stop And Get Out A Flow Chart And Has To Figure Out Who Is Who. And You Just Can't Do That - Introduce The First Four Generations Of A Character's Family In The First Chapter. You Can Introduce Four Or Five Characters At The Most In The First Chapter. Another Mistake Is To Use Big Words That Are Not Normally Used In Conversation To Try To Impress Folks With Your Vocabulary.

Still, Something About Writing Made Me Spend Large Hours Of My Free Time At My Desk.

All Students Enter Law School With A Certain Amount Of Idealism And Desire To Serve The Public, But After Three Years Of Brutal Competition We Care For Nothing But The Right Job With The Right Firm Where We Can Make Partner In Seven Years And Earn Big Bucks.

Critics Should Find Meaningful Work.

I Was On The Verge Of Tears, So I Turned And Ran Past The Trailer And Along The Field Road Until I Was Safely Out Of Their Sight. Then I Ducked Into The Cotton And Waited For Friendly Voices. I Sat On The Hot Ground, Surrounded By Stalks Four Feet Tall, And I Cried, Something I Really Hated To Do.