Post by account_disabled on Jan 6, 2024 6:31:28 GMT
Days ago we read some advice for improving writing , but we talked about rereading, proofreading and editing, subordinates and meanings of words. Today the discussion is different, because it is more inherent to writing, we can say. These tips come directly from the revisions made to the latest texts I have written, both fiction and non-fiction. Index Consistency Adjectives Possessive pronoun Verb forms Adverbs Consistency in writing What does it mean to be consistent when we write ? Writing is not only made of words, but also of conventions . When we choose one, we have to stick with it. The chosen convention becomes a sort of personal rule. Did you know that the word “moose” is both masculine and feminine? So it is correct to write “the moose” and also “the moose”. This is just an example, okay, I don't think we often use this animal in a story, but what if it happened? Then we must choose our convention: if we decide for "the moose", in history we must leave the word to the feminine.
Then there is the question of d euphonics . Do you use them or not? And when? And how? I tend to eliminate them where possible, leaving them only if there are two identical vowels in contact with the same accent . For me, “and it was” is easy to read, but “and exactly” is not. These are my conventions with d euphonics. How do you deal with articulated Special Data prepositions ? In spoken language we are used to saying "with cabbage", where that "col" is a fusion between "with" and "il". The problem, if we want to call it that, is that it is not very coherent to use one form and the other reciprocally. I must say that I'm not crazy about this fusion and I decided to use it only in dialogues, but I try to avoid it in the text. The abuse of adjectives I tend to use a lot of them, but they should be measured out in the text. Sometimes a sentence seems bare or even unfinished if an adjective is missing.
In reality the problem lies elsewhere, the difficult thing is to understand what is really missing in that sentence. In creative writing the adjective, especially in fantasy, gives a poetic feel to the text. It is easy to fall into this trap, to indulge in a long list of adjectives that describe the environment or the character through the eyes of the narrator , when it should instead be the author's ability to make them described to the reader. Yes, in this case the show rule applies , don't tell , showing what happens in the scene and not telling it to the reader. A good author, whether a writer or a blogger or a copywriter, must not give ready-made food to his audience, but trigger the readers' imagination with his writing. When too many adjectives begin to appear in a sentence, you need to eliminate them, rewrite the sentence and change your point of view.
Then there is the question of d euphonics . Do you use them or not? And when? And how? I tend to eliminate them where possible, leaving them only if there are two identical vowels in contact with the same accent . For me, “and it was” is easy to read, but “and exactly” is not. These are my conventions with d euphonics. How do you deal with articulated Special Data prepositions ? In spoken language we are used to saying "with cabbage", where that "col" is a fusion between "with" and "il". The problem, if we want to call it that, is that it is not very coherent to use one form and the other reciprocally. I must say that I'm not crazy about this fusion and I decided to use it only in dialogues, but I try to avoid it in the text. The abuse of adjectives I tend to use a lot of them, but they should be measured out in the text. Sometimes a sentence seems bare or even unfinished if an adjective is missing.
In reality the problem lies elsewhere, the difficult thing is to understand what is really missing in that sentence. In creative writing the adjective, especially in fantasy, gives a poetic feel to the text. It is easy to fall into this trap, to indulge in a long list of adjectives that describe the environment or the character through the eyes of the narrator , when it should instead be the author's ability to make them described to the reader. Yes, in this case the show rule applies , don't tell , showing what happens in the scene and not telling it to the reader. A good author, whether a writer or a blogger or a copywriter, must not give ready-made food to his audience, but trigger the readers' imagination with his writing. When too many adjectives begin to appear in a sentence, you need to eliminate them, rewrite the sentence and change your point of view.