One of the sites that has become a frequent stop for me is Chuck Wendig’s blog terribleminds. He often throws up assorted “Top 25” lists (usually about some form of writing/craft related insight)… Sometimes they can be a little repetitive, much like you might remember from ye olde school days when the teachers might have to explain an example thirty different ways for the twenty-eight kids in the math class to understand the Pythagorean Theorem or the Quadratic Equation. He recently distilled his writerly wisdom into a quick shot of Everclear (or, cheap moonshine if you feel you’re running a little low on antifreeze), which is simply this (image his):

Which sums up the whole foundation of professional writing knowledge.