My wife often finds my comparisons over the top. (In my defense, she's not a fiction reader; reads more non-fiction.) Well, most of my writing is meant to be exaggerated any way. I write about vampires and werewolves. The art of the comparison/simile/metaphor walks a fine line. Loah Lukeman uses poor comparisons to eliminate submissions.
Comparison
- Good but can be applied poorly: tell the reader to stop, pay attention; interrupts flow; slows down the text
- Absence: work can resonate intellectually but not emotionally
- Elements must deserve the comparison
- Is it common place/cliché?
- Is it the most efficient way to illuminate idea
- Does it meet "specificity?"
- Does it fit the contextual vocabulary
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