Saturday, April 14, 2007

The Quotable Me [Abstract]

Last August I subscribed to the RSS feed for Quotes of the Day. I thought that if I ever hope to be a serious writer, it would be good to have a reservoir of funny and profound quotes to draw from. To enhance my vocabulary I also subscribed to feeds from two sites, Dictionary.com and Wordsmith.org, that offer a word-of-the-day. After reading almost a thousand quotations, I have discovered that they follow a pattern that, if used, can marshal you and I into the ranks of the quote-worthy. . . .

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