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Actually, as of two weeks from now, I am Larry Send a noteboard - 25/05/2014 05:22:04 AM

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And this sums up your biggest problem! You are not in a college classroom anymore. Enjoy the story and relax.



And I enjoy stories more when I "hear" the melodies of the prose and see the well-crafted structure of it. But then again, I also like "rawer" texts on occasion. If anything, appreciating those elements seems like it would add to enjoyment, not detract from it.

Then again, le mot juste can enliven any prose. If Tolkien, for example, hadn't at least worked at developing memorable writing, his created-world fictions would have lacked the vividness of his source material, Anglo-Saxon epics and poetry.

But different strokes for different folks, I suppose...

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance Larry - 20/05/2014 01:05:59 AM 1263 Views
I wonder if Sanderson should never have told people about his "Cosmere" beetnemesis - 20/05/2014 04:31:25 PM 908 Views
Well, it's relevant to this particular novel Larry - 23/05/2014 05:02:47 PM 885 Views
I generally assess writers the same way that you do, Larry. Tom - 23/05/2014 05:18:24 PM 927 Views
Actually, I think that might be why I continue to read him Larry - 23/05/2014 10:31:29 PM 954 Views
Ugh. I hate that. "Creating Literature as an Art Form." vs. "Writing for Entertainment" beetnemesis - 24/05/2014 04:21:08 AM 906 Views
There can be combinations of both, but certain groups do pressure writers to "choose sides" Larry - 25/05/2014 05:18:52 AM 869 Views
It also gives "entertainment" writers no incentive to improve their style. Nate - 25/05/2014 04:33:23 PM 1073 Views
I agree Larry - 26/05/2014 05:05:18 AM 911 Views
It's like the recent X-men movie, Days of Future Past beetnemesis - 26/05/2014 05:40:27 AM 1067 Views
Or conversely... Larry - 26/05/2014 05:50:21 AM 911 Views
I agree. Low expectations are insidious beetnemesis - 26/05/2014 05:37:01 AM 879 Views
"But I assess writers more on their prose and dialogue than I do on their ideas/concepts" Anonymous2000 - 24/05/2014 07:51:15 PM 887 Views
Actually, as of two weeks from now, I am Larry - 25/05/2014 05:22:04 AM 880 Views
Funny - Tolkien's prose is rather clunky to me. Anonymous2000 - 25/05/2014 06:37:27 PM 860 Views
I can understand that Larry - 26/05/2014 05:00:21 AM 858 Views
You sir, are a snob, plain and simple. Anonymous2000 - 24/05/2014 07:49:02 PM 899 Views
Why would I try to defend myself against an ill-supported opinion? Larry - 25/05/2014 05:16:35 AM 854 Views
Providing evidence takes too long..... Anonymous2000 - 25/05/2014 06:35:33 PM 861 Views
Ha! Larry - 26/05/2014 05:01:07 AM 1018 Views
Why would you defend yourself against a great compliment? *NM* Tom - 26/05/2014 08:01:27 PM 358 Views
True, but... Larry - 27/05/2014 03:18:41 AM 860 Views
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