Archive for February 23rd, 2005

Get thee to a wordsmith…or not

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005

Alison asked the question “Can wordsmithing get in the way of the story?” My immediate answer was “Indubitably.”
My answer came from my perception of the question: will overly-crafted fifty-dollar words beloved by the author get in the way? Yes. Indubitably.
But…

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Well, that’s a relief

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005

Jordan mentioned a “how-to” book I don’t have, so I had to run over to Amazon to check it out: Immediate Fiction : A Complete Writing Course by Jerry Cleaver.
Than I read the first line of the editorial reviews:
Musicians and artists might need talent to succeed, but writers don’t, says Jerry Cleaver […]

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