{"id":20653,"date":"2023-03-14T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/?p=20653"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:08:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T18:08:26","slug":"mark-twain-made-me-write-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/14\/mark-twain-made-me-write-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Twain Made Me Write This"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Mark%20Twain%20Made%20Me%20Write%20This\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Twain shunned putting weather in books, even though he shows up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/arts-culture\/one-writer-used-statistics-reveal-secrets-what-makes-great-writing-180962515\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a table of authors that mention the weather in the first sentence<\/a>. In <em>The American Claimant<\/em>, Twain writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No weather will be found in this book. This is an attempt to pull a book through without weather. It being the first attempt of the kind in fictitious literature, it may prove a failure, but it seemed worth the while of some dare-devil person to try it, and the author was in just the mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many a reader who wanted to read a tale through was not able to do it because of delays on account of the weather. Nothing breaks up an author&#8217;s progress like having to stop every few pages to fuss-up the weather. Thus it is plain that persistent intrusions of weather are bad for both reader and author.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ouch. But he continues, and in fact, makes the case for including weather in <strong>any<\/strong> book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course <strong>weather is necessary to a narrative of human experience<\/strong>. That is conceded. But it ought to be put where it will <strong>not be in the way<\/strong>; where it will not interrupt the flow of the narrative&#8230;Weather is a literary specialty, and no untrained hand can turn out a good article of it.<\/p>\n<cite><em>Twain, M. (1892). The American Claimant.<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Human emotion can be drawn out or set by using the weather as a tool. We can create atmosphere with atmosphere, and through examples, exercises, and pretty pictures, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3PA7IBj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Creating Atmosphere with Atmosphere: How to Use Weather as a Literary Device<\/em><\/a> hopes to show that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3PA7IBj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19927 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAWA_ad-768x595.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3PA7IBj\" style=\"background-color:#0f4660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bring the Storm!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this book by Benjamin X. 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It covers a variety of weather elements and ties them to a study conducted to see what emotions are most often brought up in a reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written in a non-scientific way with literary examples and exercises (and a little humor),\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3PA7IBj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creating Atmosphere with Atmosphere: How to Use Weather as a Literary Device<\/a><\/em>\u00a0hopes to be your go-to guide if you&#8217;re looking to use weather in a way that connects emotionally and pulls readers into your world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So write about that cloud, that tornado, that hurricane&#8230;and bring the storm.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Mark%20Twain%20Made%20Me%20Write%20This\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Twain shunned putting weather in books, even though he shows up in a table of authors that mention the weather in the first sentence. 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