Curious

[lady_karelia]

So, there seems to be a new trend in the newbies' writing styles... Don't ask!

I figured I'd ask here what gets you or puts you off a fic...

[Poll #1307086]

Comments

[mazzy2121.livejournal.com]

Since I've only written two stories (and only finished one) aside from a few drabbles, I'd be interested to hear the trends you are seeing. I'd rather know aobut them and try to avoid them if they cause a readers eyes to roll, then to just be made fun of after the fact.

Also, agian with the still slightly 'newbie-ness', what the hell is "ticky box"? LOL

[mazzy2121.livejournal.com]

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?

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

Purple prose means stilted style, overly descriptive, and flowery. It typically refers to smut scenes. Throbbing member, the raging beast of his desire, nest of desire, globes, orbs, are typical examples. So I guess whilst it may not be your type of writing, you're more opposed to overly detailed descriptions in writing. I hear ya on that one, too. When it reads as if the author just wants to up the word count, it's time for me to use the back button.

[astarrymist.livejournal.com]

ahh I see thanks-back to work!

[lady-karelia.livejournal.com]

I'll be doing a separate entry on the trends I've observed. Basically, it comes down to sloppiness.

Ticky box is an LJ kind of humour thing. People get excited in polls because they get to tick a box. :))