“A clear majority of human beings tend to connect their sentences, paragraphs, and scenes together with the word and.

This is a mistake. The ideal connective tissue in any story are the words but and therefore, along with all their glorious synonyms. These buts and therefores can be either explicit or implied.

“And” stories have no movement or... See more

Practice until you get it right, and you'll need perfect conditions.

Practice until you can't get it wrong, and conditions no longer matter.