Dear Humans,

We’ve been working on similes and metaphors lately in writing. And the more we do, the more I’m convinced that it’s the most important thing a writer does.

Because the world is hard to describe. Heck, it’s hard to even understand at all. We don’t always have the senses or the language to say exactly what a thing is. So, instead, we compare it to a thing it’s not. And in that comparison, something magic happens. 

Because things are not all one thing. They exist in a web of connections to other things. And it is only in these connections that we can really get a sense of the truth. Our job as writers is to mine the world for those connections and offer them up to our readers.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt