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i've been paying a great deal of attention to meter and cadence lately, primarily in music and general speech (casual conversation, delivery of jokes, tv/movie dialogue), but also in what i write and read online. i think i've always had a sort of subconscious ear for it and focus on it (first as a writer and later as a songwriter), but lately it's been this big fascination for me.
i'm especially noticing it in good song lyrics. forcing the cadence, rhythm, or emphasis of a lyric can just destroy its significance. shoehorning a lyric into a melody it doesn't fit can be just devastating (although there are rare moments when it can serve a purpose).
i think that too often i am lazy (let's call it casual) in terms of the quality of the writing i produce. (take the previous sentence, for example.) i've let my writing become functional. in my hurry to express, i sometimes lose sight of the beauty of language and the joy of the writing itself. this might have something to do with how functional all the writing i do at work is (e.g. code, software documentation, emails to clients, presentations, latin abbreviations, etc.). no doubt it's also a result of my addiction to internet journalism/navelgazing, which already trends toward the informal and functional these days anyway.
or maybe it's just my generally short attention span. gotta go. ;)
good writers have great editors. great writers don't need editors.
i'm especially noticing it in good song lyrics. forcing the cadence, rhythm, or emphasis of a lyric can just destroy its significance. shoehorning a lyric into a melody it doesn't fit can be just devastating (although there are rare moments when it can serve a purpose).
i think that too often i am lazy (let's call it casual) in terms of the quality of the writing i produce. (take the previous sentence, for example.) i've let my writing become functional. in my hurry to express, i sometimes lose sight of the beauty of language and the joy of the writing itself. this might have something to do with how functional all the writing i do at work is (e.g. code, software documentation, emails to clients, presentations, latin abbreviations, etc.). no doubt it's also a result of my addiction to internet journalism/navelgazing, which already trends toward the informal and functional these days anyway.
or maybe it's just my generally short attention span. gotta go. ;)
good writers have great editors. great writers don't need editors.