Thursday, May 10, 2018

When Does Style Interfere?


There is no Right style. But it is good to analyze your prose for things that will interrupt the reader.


Style
  • Forced or exaggerated writing: too archaic, florid, minimalistic, academic, clipped, protracted, self-indulgent
  • Is it about the writing, or the story?
  • Gets in the way if too noticeable
  • Beware of redundancy of ideas
  • Style abused is self-indulgent


From The First Five Pages


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