Well, different strokes for different folks I guess. Personally I can't stomach fantasy, especially when it is of the sword and sorcery variety....
To not try and impress people with a bunch of big words.
Why? Because it's horrible! I don't know about you but to me...I walk down the road and stop at the shrubs lining her yard. I look around but...
You and me both. I've never cared for "this happened, then that happened, then this other thing happened" type of storytelling. I want to know...
Money and a feeling of self worth. Why else? I've spent my life in pay nothing factories for God's sake. I haven't gotten any money out of it...
The one genre that I really can't get into is sword and sorcery fantasy. It's kinda' strange because when I was young I liked playing Dungeons...
I'm extremely slow but I haven't written much either. I guess I could get faster with practice. Best I can do is 1,000 words or so in a sitting....
That reminds me of something. The very first sentence of Gone South by Robert McCammon was: It was hell's season, and the air smelled of...
If I see the present tense being used I close the book immediately.
Well, I wouldn't choose a cover like that but if that is what the person wants then that is what they should get.
And perhaps you are reading too much into what I'm saying. I am not trying to imply that prose has to be up to the standards of Steinbeck or...
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