Reading, I Had Learned, Was As Creative

I Have A Very Varied Taste In Music. Everything From Rap To Classical To Latino To Rat Pack To Jazz.

Fiction Wouldn't Be Much Fun Without Its Fair Share Of Scoundrels, And They Have To Live Somewhere.

Acceptable Rules Of Conduct Were Suspended When It Came To The Spoon Shortage. The Deficit Had Gotten So Bad That Prices Were All But Unaffordable, And Dynastic Spoon Succession Had Become A Matter Of Considerable Interest. Spoons Were Even Postcode Engraved And Carried On One's Person To Eliminate Theft, And Good Table Manners, One Of The Eight Pillars Upon Which The Collective Was Built, Had Been Relaxed To Allow Tea To Be Stirred - Shockingly - With The Handle Of A Fork.

...being Written By Someone Who Might Not Quite Understand The Subconscious Nuance Of The Character Leaves Us In Varying Degrees Of Flatness.

Writing Needs To Be Practiced; There Is A Limit To How Much Can Be Gleaned From A Teacher Or A Manual. The True Essence Of Writing Is Out There, In The World, And Inside, Within Yourself. To Write, You Have To Give.