The color white is the absence of memory.

At its most basic we are discussing a learned skill (writing), but do we not agree that sometimes the most basic skills can create things far beyond our expectations? We are talking about tools and carpentry, about words and style... but as we move along, you'd do well to remember that we are also talking about magic.

Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.

Description is what makes the reader a sensory participant in the story.

and then woe is you, Pauly. Woe to the max.

Put an egg in your shoe and beat it, make like a tree and leave, imitate an amoeba and split.

I don't want to just mess with your head. I want to mess with your life.... I want you to miss appointments, burn dinner, skip your homework. I want you to tell your wife to take that moonlight stroll on the beach at Waikiki with the resort tennis pro while you read a few more chapters.