What is cadence? I have no idea. I know it when I hear it. But I couldn't possibly define it. It's like a melody in your speech, a pattern that resonates pleasantly with you. You can spend hours laboring over a single sentence, hoping to hit the right note. You swap words, consult your thesaurus for synonyms, nix half of it, try again. All in search of that elusive quality.
Once you're satisfied with your sentence, you re-read your paragraph, and -- oh, horror! -- now the whole section sounds off. So you start again.
Five hours later you wonder if your writing was truly so bad in the beginning, or if perhaps you'd reached an impasse and were avoiding getting back to your story.
Aaaarrrgh!
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