How Nature Makes You a Better Writer

Go outside or gaze out that window.

A mockingbird staged a David and Goliath battle in my back yard recently, chasing and dive-bombing a much-larger crow. Eventually, the crow flew off with unhurried flaps, as if unfazed.

This chasing, harassing behavior is called mobbing, even when there’s only one bird doing it. This mockingbird was diligently…