Readers Aren’t Stupid
They’re not. Although you’d never know it the way some authors write. It’s frustrating and I keep finding myself wanting to say, or actually saying, “Well, duh!” Or something much more specific laced with words I probably shouldn’t use in a public (semi-public?) forum. Let’s look at a simple example: The young mother surveyed the room. Her daughter’s clothes were strewn across the floor, the desk was piled high with plates of dried food and empty cans of Red Bull. The television was blaring from the corner, but Emma’s eyes were glued to her phone, earbuds jammed in place,…
