The Sentence That Thinks It’s Important (And Why It Might Be)

Every draft contains at least one sentence that believes it is extremely important. You know the one. It walks into the paragraph wearing a tuxedo. It clears its throat. It adjusts its cufflinks. It announces, in a tone normally reserved for Supreme Court rulings:

This is the moment when everything becomes clear. The problem is that most sentences are not Supreme Court rulings. Most sentences are just people trying to cross the street without getting hit by a bus. But that sentence doesn’t know that. It believes it is delivering wisdom. It believes readers will pause, lean back, and whisper, “My God.”
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