I think I'm a terrible writer, not because I don't have a way with words, but because I don't write nearly often enough.
I think it was mentioned earlier in the thread, but what college education gives you isn't a better command of the language. (In my case it did,...
Joker, I think what you're describing is what popsicledeath calls "Real time". The thing is, as I see it, that in an actual critique no one...
A young boy trying (and failing) to understand death, but mostly about me trying to create a richly-textured fantasy setting in just a couple of...
Another thing, popsicledeath, about sensory data: it goes a long way with exactly what you (and I) want fiction to do: implying, not stating. For...
One thing I would say in defense of "showing, not telling" is that, when done clearly and forcefully, it gives me more information of the kind I...
Welcome from another newbie :) I'm keeping my fingers crossed you'll get around to writing your novel; I know from experience it's hard but...
Well, genre-wise, something like that fashionable term New Weird: Jeff Vandermeer's stuff, Kelly Link's stuff, also China Mieville, M. John...
I do agree with this. One of the first thing I say to writers I'm critiquing is "Look for abstract words (nervous, beautiful) or gloss-over...
Well, gals as well, I hope :)
I think popsicledeath (hilarious :D) gives some relevant points about how "To show or to tell?" isn't really a helpful question – but only insofar...
Hiya there :) I discovered with surprise that I have a registration on this message board dating almost 3 years back, but not a single post....
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