: Re: Rules of Harmony When writing prose, I noticed that certain words flow smoothly when placed next to others, while other words do not, but I can never be too sure exactly how smoothly they

This isn't a great short-term solution, but could you try taking up poetry? Although free verse is obviously quite like prose (I know that statement risks being brutally eviscerated by many poets), other forms such as haikus, limericks, or Shakespeare's famous sonnets have rules to follow about the flow of syllables per line. Not all has to rhyme (although that's an added fun challenge if you like it) but much depends on picking a rough rhythm in the first verse and staying with that. It's excellent practice if you want to work on the fluency of your flow - study Byron, Tennyson, Wordsworth, Keats, Kipling for examples or ideas.
A hint for this is always to keep a thesaurus handy. Often you will write a line that ends perfectly but doesn't flow correctly and/or is the wrong length. The task then becomes to find synonyms for the words so you can improve the flow without detracting from the meaning - and often this improves the meaning, as well as widening your vocabulary and improving your ability to write fluidly and comfortably.

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