I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage

Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them.

How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?

I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel

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Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.

To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.