The Lust for Blood, by Charmain Marie Mitchell (2:05)
Today we see that even deliberate echoing can be distracting if the surrounding prose doesn’t support the effect.
Today we see that even deliberate echoing can be distracting if the surrounding prose doesn’t support the effect.
Today we see that if you move from a colloquial voice to the absurd or overly formal without warning, the reader will lose faith in the description.
Today we see that if there is an error on page one, then readers will assume the book is full of errors. What I gleaned about the stories: Underpasses and…
Today we see that if you don’t prime the reader to expect unusual usage or structure, when it happens they will assume you made a mistake.
Today we see that consigning a horrific event to less than a sentence creates a sense of shallowness.