Autumn Scott’s Reviews > First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life > Status Update

"Moreover and furthermore are Columbo adverbs: all they mean is 'and one more thing,' when the reader has already spotted that you've said one thing and are now saying another." -- This is too funny of a reference for this was what my dad loved best about Columbo.

Such a great read!

Loved how the second chapter finished talking about how creative endeavors are a gift to be opened and enjoyed. How a gift is presented and wrapped matters. The connection of this to sentence writing and how we carefully choose our words and craft them together in such a way that from writer to reader a good sentence is always a relished gift.

“If you can’t keep it all in your head, then maybe those words weren’t meant to be together.”