Three Unofficial Writing Rules.

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1. “If this is true, then what else is true?”

I have found this to be an exceptionally useful generative question. Consider — as an example — a random sentence like, “Today’s the day.”

If that sentence is true, then what else is true?

Answer: it’s clearly an important day, but what kind of important day? Is it a wedding? Is it the day of a big…