Best of Week

I belive the "best of week" was by far our discussion and view of how paragraph structure can be effective in literature. Honestly, people's commments about "kite runner" went in all different directions inn terms of craft. But, whether they knew it or not, all those comments could not escape one essential tool, that of Hosseini's craft. The structure of his sentences permeates with tension and drama through even the most boring of moments: he has perfected what other writers either never understand or take a fery long timeto grasp if they do not practice this writing law well. I, myself, am a fiction writer in my spare time (if it can be said that I have much anymore) ann so maybe that is why this topic is the most important to me for this week. I have always seen the power in short, punching sentences, but never thought that they were part of a grander formula; but rather that they were either happened upon with great luck or overused, maing every other sentence or plotline exaggerated unneededly. But, through our study of "Artful Sentences" and "Kite Runner", I've learned that, if one is trying to add drama, be it of high or low intensity, this is one of the many rules to follow in constructing a (and please, dont be afraid to be angry at me for saying this) "juicy" sentence.
I went to work writing again this weekend and tried to focus on using this rule to take the self-conciousness induced boredom I believe my writing has, and began to see just how important this rule was. It's not one that comes easily, or that is used without effort. The tendency to construct long sentences is hard to brealk through. It is not that us writers want to drag on our sentences, it is just a stream of thought that is hard to be broken.
And know I know how.
That is why I find this jem of instruction to be the best of the week.