One more quesiton lol - Is there really a difference between 'Purple Prose' and 'not my type of writing'? I admit I'm not very literature savy, but it kind of seems like the same thing to me.
For Purple Prose, I'm thinking of when I start reading a good fic and the author feels the need to interrupt me every five minutes to spend twelve sentences (complete with parentheses, en dashes, em dashes and every obscure descriptive word imaginable) describing something as simple as "Hermione sat on an ornate rug."
I won't hit the back button for it, but I'll definitely start just skimming and that's what I consider 'not my type of writing' or 'too wordy' with a side of 'wrap it up please'. :)
So, is there a difference that I'm just not understanding in my literacy-illiterate mind?
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Date: 2008-12-01 04:44 pm (UTC)For Purple Prose, I'm thinking of when I start reading a good fic and the author feels the need to interrupt me every five minutes to spend twelve sentences (complete with parentheses, en dashes, em dashes and every obscure descriptive word imaginable) describing something as simple as "Hermione sat on an ornate rug."
I won't hit the back button for it, but I'll definitely start just skimming and that's what I consider 'not my type of writing' or 'too wordy' with a side of 'wrap it up please'. :)
So, is there a difference that I'm just not understanding in my literacy-illiterate mind?