Grrr...

Jul 04, 2008 12:11

Okay, young, aspiring writers? Listen up. We're here today for a friendly little lesson on grammar.

I'm glad to see you were all paying at least a bit of attention during the class on elipses, but you need to learn that they aren't always necessary. I too was young and stupid once, and had a roleplay character where I used ... to connect every ( Read more... )

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karanguni July 4 2008, 16:44:51 UTC
this (is because e. e.... cummings) can write li...k e This!!

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aikonamika July 4 2008, 18:03:10 UTC
Someone needs to stab e.e. cummings with a spork, or at least the people who attempt to write prose in the same way as highly styalized poetry.

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aikonamika July 4 2008, 18:02:18 UTC
Not really...
You don't have every single sentence trail off...
Until you wonder if the characters are all really depressed...
Even the canonically cheerful ones...
It's just that it gets depressing...
You know what I mean...?

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dukgrrl July 7 2008, 04:15:37 UTC
Huzzah! Sweet sister! I'm so glad you put that out there. I ignore RPers who have to put... this.. in... every other sentence. It really makes me want to put a cue ball in a sock and get down to business.

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