“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”— George Washington, Speech to the Constitutional Convention (1787)
“Vote as if your ballot determines nothing whatsoever — except the shape of your own character. Vote as if the public consequences of your action weigh nothing next to the private consequences. The country will go…
Among them:
“Maintain regular reading projects. I strategize my reading in six main categories: Theology, Biblical Studies, Church…
“As the ball makes its high, long arc beyond the playing field, the diamond and the stands suddenly belong to one man. In that brief, brief time, you are free of all demands…
“Kill the dream sequence.”
— Tana French, among her writing tips for novelists
I have never read or watched a dream sequence that I felt was worthwhile. Writing dreams into a story is the storyteller’s equivalent of the football fan telling you about his fantasy football team.