Hiking is like writing fiction. Once you agree with me on this point, your writing will improve. So will your hiking.

Isn’t it true that many Hollywood movies lately are remakes, sequels, or based on fifty-year-old comic books?

With a bit of skewed math, we can squeeze a decent novella out of one thousand sentences.

In polite company, when people say, “Avoid doing such-and-such,” what they really mean is, “Never do that or you’re wretched filth.”

Recall the adage, the customer is always right?

When your readers come across the first keystroke of your story, they are infants presented to a new world.