Tips for Young Writers 10: Listen to the rhythm of your sentences.

Listen to the rhythm of your sentences. Every sentence has its own rhythm – almost like a musical pattern. Sentences that have a nice rhythm are a pleasure to read, they flow like the lyrics of a song. Sentences that lack rhythm make the reader stop and start – they’re constantly being jolted out of the story. I’m currently writing a story which has a rhythmic title. It’s called ‘All the People Everywhere.’ Here are two less rhythmic ways of saying exactly the same thing – do they make good titles? ‘Every Person in Different Parts of the Whole Planet’ and ‘Every Person in the Whole World no Matter what Part You are Thinking About.’ Not quite as enjoyable to read I don’t think.