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Behind the Lyrical Wheel – Lyricism in Writing
Tagged with: Faulkner, flow, lyricism, william faulkner, writing, writing style
Posted in word usage, writing
Posted in word usage, writing
Poetry Isn’t a Bad Word
Want to know a secret? Some of the passages in my prose that people have complimented were actually written as poems. If you are a writer and wish to add a touch of lyricism, try reading or writing poetry. The…
Tagged with: language, language usage, lyrical language, using poetry, visual imagery, writing
Posted in word usage, writing
Posted in word usage, writing
Why does wonder rhyme with thunder?
“Why does wonder rhyme with thunder?” This I ponder, as I launder. Perhaps the “uh” sound is a blunder. Phoneme twisted, by some donder. Of the “ah” sound I’m much fonder, Like in, “Wander over yonder.” Is a lightning flash…
What’s Wrong with English?
I have a confession to make. I wrote three “Contemporary Fantasy” novels. That’s not the confession. There is nothing at all with writing in a genre that you enjoy writing. I certainly enjoyed writing those books. In fact, I loved…
Tagged with: Fantasy Fiction, fiction, made up words, odd names, word usage, writing
Posted in Fantasy Fiction, rants, word usage, writing
Posted in Fantasy Fiction, rants, word usage, writing
What Not to Write
I’m with Dizzy. Learning what not to write has been equally challenging. Now, I’ll be the first to admit, I argued with the “masters” on some of these at first. For instance, my precious adverbs. By now, most of us…
Fauvism
I, humbly logical though I am, find myself guilty of sentimentality – unable, it seems, to render life as a Hopper, to shred my mind’s natural blurring of detail. distinguish, I am told, between aesthetic and substance, between event and…
Posted in poetry, word usage
Cool Writer’s Tools
Some interesting tools I’ve run across: http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml – Reverse Dictionary look up words from meanings http://www.onelook.com/ – OneLook Dictionary – find words or phrases that start or end with letters, are related to certain words, or phrases that contain key…
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Things No One Should Ever Say
Below is my ongoing list of things I believe no right-minded person should ever say. Only a few are technically wrong, but they irritate me. Therefore, they are banned. This list will be updated as things piss me off. Craft…
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