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Chapter 2, about specific word choice, reinforces for me why I read widely. Slowly, at a word by word level, I fall in love with the best writing. Scannable books-the cozies and the indie beach reads-are not pretenders to this crafty construction. They are not origami, where the paper matters, where the exact folds go one direction or both in precision so a final creation moves or solidifies into a perfect creation.