The Sargasso Sea is the name for part of the Atlantic Ocean. Mostly named in reference the trips made from Europe to the Caribbean, the sea was known as a particularly treacherous place along the journey to or from the Caribbean, with its abundance of seaweed apparently leading sailors astray. Consequently, it is associated with the dangers accompanying journeys to new places, and, however nerdy this is, I compare the geographical journey these sailors made with the intellectual journeys we'll be making as we strive to make our writing better. Not only does this name call up maritime associations; it also conjures literary associations, for one of my favorite books takes from the Sea one of its central metaphors.