Devil in the Details: Lesson 6

Experiment that will show you why and how

Jul 21, 2022

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You know the line, “The devil is in the details”? All good writing thrives on specific details—not abstractions. You gotta earn your abstractions. Otherwise your writing will seem foggy—as if no one is really there.

We began to work on this in Lesson 4.

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Before we start, here’s advice to take to heart as you study with me—and, yes, it will seem like a paradox. I’ll explain more about this in upcoming chapters: Forget what you’ve learned about craft (how-to’s) while you’re in the inventive stage of writing. Don’t think: Just write…

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