JoeyBoy, I disagree. Yes, rhyming is rhyming, but a lot of the times it's a lot more complicated than that. For example, Dr. Seuss. His books...
To clarify, here's a more specific idea of what I'm talking about. Opening lines: He speaks in your voice, American, and there’s a shine in...
Get to know assonance well. It can give phrases a punch that they wouldn't have if worded otherwise. I'm not an expert on hip-hop, but I do know...
Please don't start your speech with "Since the dawn of life on Earth" Just trust me on this one. It's setting up the idea that your speech will...
Oops, I seem to have neglected this part of your question: "Can attention to cadence without variety be successful in yielding flow?" In some...
Using meter and musicality effectively can make works easier to read, albeit much harder for the author to write. A certain perfect flow can make...
I'm willing to bet both the store and novel will see in a jump in sales...
I think it's more useful to get the idea of a sentence written, and upon revision (perhaps multiple times) reconfigure it so it develops...
Although not really a stage in the process, my favorite part is when I find that perfect word or phrase and it just fits. Recommendation: Buy a...
Basically any famous dystopian work falls into both categories. In the past: 1984 by Orwell. Very literary oriented (as in, has a specific...
I'm majoring in creative writing, and I see a lot of this too. While I mostly write "literary" fiction, I enjoy using sci-fi/surreal elements....
Funny thing...We are reading The Great Gatsby in one of my classes, and Fitzgerald uses tons of saidisms. Who knew?
Separate names with a comma.
