This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals—sounds that say listen to this, it is important.
Gary Provost
Tuesday Jul 24 02:26am
Au Revoir, Romeo
"A mask tells us more than a face"
-Oscar Wilde
I post what's beautiful to the senses, what the brain reacts to chemically in terms of pleasure
I'll read your writing and possibly let you read mine, but if i catch any of you little whores reblogging my writing without credit, I will eat you
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"A mask tells us more than a face"
-Oscar Wilde
I post what's beautiful to the senses, what the brain reacts to chemically in terms of pleasure
I'll read your writing and possibly let you read mine, but if i catch any of you little whores reblogging my writing without credit, I will eat you
