[ SECRET POST #3213 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3213 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Downton Abbey]


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[Vampire Weekend]


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[John Green/Nerdfighters]


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[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]


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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Who do you want to write like?

[kaijinscendre]

Charles Dickens so that future students will be forced to read my books while cursing my writing.

Re: Who do you want to write like?

[ketita]

hahaha I like the way you think XD

Re: Who do you want to write like?

[kaijinscendre]

WHY DOES IT TAKE THREE PAGES TO DESCRIBE THIS CLOCK???

Re: Who do you want to write like?

[ketita]

IF YOU WERE PAID BY THE WORD, YOU WOULD FIND YOURSELF CAPABLE OF DESCRIBING A CLOCK FOR THREE PAGES.
My father actually challenged himself once, and wrote 5 pages describing Scotch tape. At least, so he claims - I have never seen the piece myself, though I would like to.

Re: Who do you want to write like?

[(Anonymous)]

It's actually a myth that Dickens was paid by the word.

Re: Who do you want to write like?

[ketita]

But it's the only logical explanation :c

Re: Who do you want to write like?

[(Anonymous)]

TBH, I think it's probably more of a relic of a time when "copiousness" was a prized quality in rhetoric.

Re: Who do you want to write like?

[(Anonymous)]

He wasn't paid by the word, but was paid by the installment. It was around 30-35 pages (not word count) when he would be paid. So it makes sense that he was 'wordy' -- he was writing serials and had to keep the audience involved. It's like modern soap operas in a way. You want to keep stringing the reader along without finishing the story too quickly.

With that said, I always found his writing to be wonderful in places and terribly boring in others.