A delightful side benefit: It's forcing me to develop my technique. I tend to be let's call it expansive. I'm not very comfortable operating under such strict limits.
It's an editing exercise, I've discovered. When I'm beginning, I allow myself to just say too much. I learn what the topic wants from me. I try on different ways of speaking.
Once the piece reveals what it wants to be, then I seek the balance between too much and too little. I look close and ask, What is unnecessary? I leave only what can't be taken away.
I’m loving these 99 words. Thank you.
Thank you! It means so much to hear that.