First assignment for Clevernick

[Mad Lews]

My very dear most esteemed Mr. Dean Sir,

We pretty much expect you to disagree. It seems to be your M.O. You are quite good at it.

In my estimation, there is no such thing as a martini being too dry.

Huggles, smooches and a tiny grope,
rose

Back to the Clever ones quest about writing as one speaks....
I suspect most of us here are writing as a means of telling stories.
We tend to speak, unless we are being deceitful or very clever, as we form our thoughts, so to some extent, since you are telling the tale, you will write as you speak and in the process telling us not just your thoughts, but also how you got there.
When writing to tell really good stories you need to be able to use a number of different styles and voices for both dialect and changing points of view. You can, of course, get away with just about any consistent semi-coherence, if you bracket it with quotes and it contributes to the story. The narration is a bit subtler but the goal is, of course, the same. In the end it always comes down to who your audience is. The story needs to not just make sense, but the sense you intended to your chosen target, be that the reader, the critique, or yourself. On rare occasions you can do all three.
Nick,
Yes, please do tell us more of the fate of wicked Miranda and the stalwart Alex. I do hope they deserve each other in the end.

Yours
truly Mad
Lews