Let’s Talk about Rhythm in Prose Writing

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I’ve sat through some painful and boring writing sessions. At one particular fiction writing workshop I attended several years ago, Hemingway’s short sentences were preached to heaven and back. During the hour-long session, the pastor failed to mention the beauty of Papa’s lengthy sentences. From his pulpit, front and center of the room, the instructor presented an index of writing rules, referring to his list as the Ten Commandments, and told his flock that to write a long sentence is...