“Never start a funeral with logistics.” This was my favorite tip from The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, which I read back in January. It echoes advice you hear often in writing classes: always start mid-scene. No preamble, no prologue - just dive right into the action. Whether literary or ceremony, those first moments set the tone for everything that follows, so make sure they matter.
We are gathered here today, but do we know why?
We are gathered here today, but do we know…
We are gathered here today, but do we know why?
“Never start a funeral with logistics.” This was my favorite tip from The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, which I read back in January. It echoes advice you hear often in writing classes: always start mid-scene. No preamble, no prologue - just dive right into the action. Whether literary or ceremony, those first moments set the tone for everything that follows, so make sure they matter.