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of worlds and words
Apr. 4th, 2012 08:50 pmAh, there's a difference in taste in the butter, and she's thinking about how it was back --
On the planet? In the kingdom?
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On the planet? In the kingdom?
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do you remember?
Jun. 10th, 2010 08:53 pmPondering the flashback and the warnings against it that I have recently run across.
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When putting a character on stage and declaring this person is a sage -- there are some considerations that ought to be taken into effect.
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style & speech
Jul. 26th, 2009 12:49 pmOnce had someone comment that you shouldn't apply style advice, like this, to dialog.
Like heck.
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Like heck.
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philosophical meditations on style
Feb. 9th, 2009 09:23 pmWas reading a book recently -- which shall remain nameless -- and being jarred out every now and again by a particularly clunky and wooden sentence.
Except that imp in the back of my head (the one that takes up residence after you start writing and ensures that you will never read for pleasure the same way again) -- even he was a little awkward about suggestions. Because while the style was on the whole flat-footed, it fit the character whose POV it was. He would not express his thoughts in subtle and complex ways. He had his dilemmas and his internal conflicts, and he thought his way through a good number of problems, but he was a noticeably straightforward character.
And then I'd hit another clunker and think, "That one really ought to have gone." And some of the dialog, not being his words, could have stood some work. (Then, what work is perfect?)
Except that imp in the back of my head (the one that takes up residence after you start writing and ensures that you will never read for pleasure the same way again) -- even he was a little awkward about suggestions. Because while the style was on the whole flat-footed, it fit the character whose POV it was. He would not express his thoughts in subtle and complex ways. He had his dilemmas and his internal conflicts, and he thought his way through a good number of problems, but he was a noticeably straightforward character.
And then I'd hit another clunker and think, "That one really ought to have gone." And some of the dialog, not being his words, could have stood some work. (Then, what work is perfect?)
Language most shews a man
Jan. 12th, 2009 09:59 pmLanguage most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson
