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⌈ Secret Post #3142 ⌋

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[Fantastic Four (2015)]

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[Final Fantasy XIV]

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[Hunter x Hunter]

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[TES4:Oblivion]

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[Yukigumi, Otozuki Kei]

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[Vocaloid]

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[Sailor Moon -~ Petite Étrangère~ / Takarazuka OG]

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[A Fire Upon the Deep]

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[clockwise from top right: Static Shock, The Justice Friends, Teen Titans]

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[Sugar Sugar Rune]

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[Sword Art Online]

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(Little Shop Of Horrors)

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[Rookie Blue]

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[Final Fantasy VII]

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Yeah, most of the really bad amateur writing I've read over the years has been... purple. There's a reason why a lot of writing exercises involve simplifying your sentences, and it's not just because Hemingway Worship. It's because writing in "dumbed down" prose for a brief time can help you to learn how to be more thoughtful in what details you choose to include in your usual prose. The goal isn't to change your writing style so it looks exactly like what the app spits out, but to put thought into every word you write down so that your prose is more polished and effective.

Yup, this. It's a good exercise, and figuring out what's important to mention and what's not is a skill. But I find some crit groups take this to an extreme -- NO adverbs, ever. No use of was/were because that's "passive voice" (... no, it's not, but you can make a more compelling sentence, sometimes, by avoiding it; however, "never use it" is too much).

TLDR: Absolutes in writing are bad. Yeah, I know I just used an absolute there, but I'm being a smartass. :P

[ SECRET POST #3142 ]

Re: Hemingway worship taken to its logical conclusion.

Re: Hemingway worship taken to its logical conclusion.