To be successful in writing, use short sentences.
I would not have thought of eating a meal without drinking a beer.
Always stop for the day while you still know what will happen next.
Most people never listen.
When I saw my wife again standing by the tracks as the train came in by the piled logs at the station, I wished I had died before I had ever loved anyone but her.
When I saw her I was in love with her. Everything turned over inside of me. She looked toward the door, saw there was no one, then she sat on the side of the bed and leaned over and kissed me.