Your Writing Will Never Be This Bad, the second
"But wait," you may have thought after the first YWWNBTB entry, "that was terrible, but it was an independently published comic, and we all know how those are." And even if you didn't think that, too bad; I am putting words into your mouth. Head. Whatever.
Never fear, self-projected doubter, for I have a link to scans of a published work which contains the most obtuse, tedious, and lengthy descriptions I have ever seen.
~* "Bronwyn standing pale and tall in the nervous light that shimmered through a vibrating canopy of green leaves. The shifting bands of milky light and emerald shadow made her seem luminous, translucent, as though she were a tallow candle glowing beneath its own flame. Like a porcelain lantern. Like a curtain fluttering in a window at dawn. Like a ghost that came and went with the twilight and darkness, that first veiled and revealed...[click for more, if you dare]"*~
My heart goes out to vandonovan, who read the entire book this is from.
Fun English fact: A gerund is not a substitute for a verb! In fact, a verb ending in "-ing" and functioning as a noun is what a gerund is! Wikipedia has a pretty good article on ~*gerunds,*~ should you be curious.
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In life news, my history credit finally transferred successfully. One step closer to being done.
Never fear, self-projected doubter, for I have a link to scans of a published work which contains the most obtuse, tedious, and lengthy descriptions I have ever seen.
~* "Bronwyn standing pale and tall in the nervous light that shimmered through a vibrating canopy of green leaves. The shifting bands of milky light and emerald shadow made her seem luminous, translucent, as though she were a tallow candle glowing beneath its own flame. Like a porcelain lantern. Like a curtain fluttering in a window at dawn. Like a ghost that came and went with the twilight and darkness, that first veiled and revealed...[click for more, if you dare]"*~
My heart goes out to vandonovan, who read the entire book this is from.
Fun English fact: A gerund is not a substitute for a verb! In fact, a verb ending in "-ing" and functioning as a noun is what a gerund is! Wikipedia has a pretty good article on ~*gerunds,*~ should you be curious.
*****
In life news, my history credit finally transferred successfully. One step closer to being done.