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Originally posted by RJHubbard53 View PostI find myself not using many flourish-y words. I feel it obfuscates the story so much so that many may opt to defenestrate the book as opposed to completing it
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Originally posted by C.W. LaSart View PostI like to come across words I don't know, I look them up and then I have learned something"Dance until your feet hurt. Sing until your lungs hurt. Act until you're William Hurt." - Phil Dunphy ("Modern Family"), from Phil's-osophy.
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Originally posted by TerryE View PostI like that, too. My favorite example is Nick Cave's "And the Ass Saw the Angel".
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Originally posted by Draven Ames View PostWhat about beautiful words you love to use? Words that aren't necessarily thesaurus words, but have a beauty in the written language. Like sapphire or radiant.
Others,
Cacophony rampage crescendo mesmerize repugnant
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Originally posted by KT WagnerImagine one of these dumb-it-down editors around to destroy works like Poe's "The Raven". I think there is a line we have to establish as writers when it comes to editing. It's individual but at what point is the integrity of our work destroyed?
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Originally posted by Shiney View PostAgrees with the above..."And The Ass Saw The Angel" was fantastic...IS fantastic. Gorgeous language. I liked "The Death Of Bunny Monroe," but it wasn't the same.
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Originally posted by KT WagnerThat's great C.W. I wasn't talking about your editor - not enough info to judge, not that I would judge an individual on an open forum - but I can see how it might have come across that way.
KT
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