The only hope for truly execrable prose is to call it poetry and break the lines in odd places.
Feb 032017
Writing
If it had been your exact thought you would have used my exact words.
Nov 112016
If you believe the reviewers when they call you a genius, you will believe them when they call you a fool.
Nov 092016
What you don’t know you can’t leave out.
Oct 262016
Write for the reader you want to have.
Oct 182016
Literary talent consists largely in pronouncing sonorous absurdities with absolute conviction.
Aug 222016
Most buts should be ands.
Jul 282016
Nobody writes for the love of it. At best you write because it is less painful than not writing.
Jul 252016
Poetry translations ought to have their credits reversed — poems by [translator], after [original poet].
Jul 122016
The adverb confesses the verb’s failure.
Jun 232016
Your most reliable and attentive readers are the people who hate you.