A novelist who writes 250 words a day is a success: That's a novel a year. A lawyer who writes 250 words a day is a failure: That's barely a billable hour. How then can a lawyer consider herself anything but a writer?
It could be quipped that quantity does not equal quality. Or that there are really bad novelists who publish 250 words each day. People often make quips rather than embrace the truth - and subsequent consequences - of a statement.
Even accomplished novelists read about writing. How many lawyers have ever even read a book on writing? How can a writer - which all lawyers are - justify this neglect?
I'm 44 pages into "Clear and Simple As the Truth: Writing Classic Prose," perhaps one of the best books on writing I've ever read. Highly recommended, if for no other reason than because good writing is contagious. Our subconscious minds will be invaded somehow. Better classic prose than a commercial staring soap suds, toilet bowls, and scrubber bubbles.
