Ask the Author: Brandon Marlon
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Brandon Marlon
The impulse to express or communicate something, the creative urge, the desire to say something that others aren't saying or to improve upon what has been said.
Brandon Marlon
Read widely, especially the classics of literature (this is a lifelong endeavor, to be sure); these include foremost the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), Homer, Hesiod, Virgil, etc. As much of the Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman canons as you can.
Study classical rhetoric, especially how to be cogent through coherence, and the many figures of speech (schemes and tropes).
Study English grammar, including syntax, diction, etc. Especially if you write prose (fiction or nonfiction), varying your sentence patterning will prove important.
Writing is rewriting, so try writing something daily to get your thoughts down on a screen/paper, then edit/revise judiciously.
Take everyone's advice with a grain of salt.
Study classical rhetoric, especially how to be cogent through coherence, and the many figures of speech (schemes and tropes).
Study English grammar, including syntax, diction, etc. Especially if you write prose (fiction or nonfiction), varying your sentence patterning will prove important.
Writing is rewriting, so try writing something daily to get your thoughts down on a screen/paper, then edit/revise judiciously.
Take everyone's advice with a grain of salt.
Brandon Marlon
Imitatio Dei. The control that eludes humans in real life.
Brandon Marlon
Imagination and intellection. Writer's block is really Thinker's block: the blockage resides in the mind, not the fingers.
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