Forum: Writers


Subject: March Challenge critiques

Crescent opened this issue on Apr 02, 2003 ยท 39 posts


dialyn posted Fri, 04 April 2003 at 3:17 PM

I guess my question is, does it need to be that specific? It's not an construction plan. It's not a story for engineers. The little girl is sitting on the curb. A little boy sits down beside her. He lays out candy on the grass. What does knowing the sname for that strip of green add? Nothing for me. I'm not convinced finding the exact term for that is really meaningful. That seems visually enough for me. But it does add something to the rest of you. Which is why different writers have different writing styles. And the difference is a good thing. I think calling something a telemere on a chromosome would completely stop me from enjoying a story...I'd be running to the dictionary. Here's the thing. We can all pride ourselves with our vocabulary but there's no need to beat the reader over the head with our dictionary. Sometimes simple is best. But that's just me.