Good writing is good sentences. It is a simple truth that many in the business of teaching writing have strayed from. Good writing is a first sentence that makes a reader want to read the second sentence, a second sentence that makes a reader want to read the third, and so on. Erika Lindemann suggests that certain types of sentence instruction can be a waste of time, but that sentence grammar is pivotal to any professional success. Writers such as Anthony Burgess, Don Murray, and Stephen Pinker communicate beautifully because they know more about sentence grammar than the student population at a university does. Publishers buy vigorous writing, and that vigorous writing is concise. Also, it is only by knowing sentence construction, that individuals can stray fearlessly from the rules and know that they are still communicating effectively. It is time to stop running from grammar and sentence instruction and realize the importance such instruction holds. It is time to realize that if an individual can write a good sentence, then that individual is going to be, at the very least, a better writer. (Attached are pertinent quotes from famous writers.) (TB)