Why Chuck Palahniuk’s Advice on “Thought” Verbs is Perfect
It might be the only writing advice you need
Paradoxically, I’m always searching out writing advice even though I also think there’s too much of it.
I can’t help it. Staring at the blank page, it’s too easy to believe that there’s a quick fix easy solution just a Google search or bookshelf hunt away. Sometimes even the act of leaving whatever I’m struggling with does the trick, but if not, I pin my hopes on other writers to inspire me out of my funk.
It was during such a quest for help from total strangers that I stumbled upon an essay by Chuck Palahniuk that left me stunned by how simply he breaks down something a lot of writers struggle with.
