Gary Provost Poem on Varying Sentence Length

I received a comment on my recent “5 Hacks” post from someone I don’t know. She seemed quite exasperated by it all:

“Writing great fiction is the antithesis of documenting complex transactions. . . . How can I restore the creative skill I possessed prior to becoming a legal writer?”

I appreciate the sentiment, and it’s not a new one. But I disagree with the suggestion that you can’t use creativity in legal writing.

👉 One way is by experimenting with the cadence of your sentences. 

The attached passage from Gary Provost’s “𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨” illustrates how. ⤵️

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🗳️ Do you pay attention to the length of your sentences?

🗳️ How else can you use creativity in your legal writing?

Fondly,
💌 Amanda

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