The hint about deciding on a structure is insightful, and I have found it to be true, although, it became clear that I have been doing that only when I read this interview.
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What a beautifully expressed description of the music in writing. How much of the meaning and communication comes from the rhythm, and the shape and the sound and the speed of the words.
I don't think musicality separates mediocre writing from good writing -- that usually comes down to simple competence. But it is what most often separates great writing from the merely good.
The hint about deciding on a structure is insightful, and I have found it to be true, although, it became clear that I have been doing that only when I read this interview.
What a beautifully expressed description of the music in writing. How much of the meaning and communication comes from the rhythm, and the shape and the sound and the speed of the words.
I don't think musicality separates mediocre writing from good writing -- that usually comes down to simple competence. But it is what most often separates great writing from the merely good.
That absolutely nails it!
Samantha Harvey has got the ear and the eye. A writer's writer.