a man sits in a lonely quiet house in the middle of the night unable to sleep his two children are up in their rooms sleeping on the floor the night grows long and stale when a foul stinch drifts in ...

We have plumbed the depths of abstract words, but what about abstract ideas? Abstractions are a fact of professional life. The law is littered with them. Think of the legislative process, intellectual ...

What’s the most persuasive way to convey a message? Many writers say, “Tell a story!” Nothing hooks like narrative. I’ve said so myself. But research shows stories have a rival for hooking power: ...