tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596428090708411580.post3365147991640095746..comments2023-03-25T15:57:13.835-07:00Comments on The Fabulist: Past Due (Part 5)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743116016599162873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596428090708411580.post-63332676721745786702013-04-05T10:22:51.038-07:002013-04-05T10:22:51.038-07:00Yeah, if I have an unhealthy habit as a writer, it...Yeah, if I have an unhealthy habit as a writer, it's totally over-writing.<br /><br />For this, though, I'm just sorta letting myself go; the point with these is more to have a daily word count than anything else, so I'm not really spending too much energy reigning myself in. I do have a few projects in the works with some specifically more terse styles, which I hope will work to improve my writing in that direction overall.<br /><br />That said, I do think the industry tends to undervalue diversity of language over simplicity of meaning. It's more or less a matter of taste, but I think the scale tends to swing towards clearer, less colorful prose and with a language as teemingly expressive as English, that seems like sorta a waste to me.<br /><br />Glad you're enjoying it, though, and thanks for reading!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743116016599162873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596428090708411580.post-89987850574463218142013-04-05T09:11:14.081-07:002013-04-05T09:11:14.081-07:00I'm enjoying this, but the prose is ornate eno...I'm enjoying this, but the prose is ornate enough (dare I say baroque enough?) that it gets in its own away a bit.<br /><br />I am very familiar with this issue because I struggled with it in Hellion Prince quite a bit.Matt Smithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06630540409991133558noreply@blogger.com