Love this idea about addictive prose Tony, about rhythms, connections, daisy chains. It makes me think of Ursula le Guinn, and her words on this: "A good writer, like a good reader, has a mind’s ear. We mostly read prose in silence, but many readers have a keen inner ear that hears it. Dull, choppy, droning, jerky, feeble: these common criticisms of narrative are all faults in the sound of it. Lively, well-paced, flowing, strong, beautiful: these are all qualities of the sound of prose, and we rejoice in them as we read. Narrative writers need to train their mind’s ear to listen to their own prose, to hear as they write." https://lithub.com/a-writing-lesson-from-ursula-k-leguin/
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Love this idea about addictive prose Tony, about rhythms, connections, daisy chains. It makes me think of Ursula le Guinn, and her words on this: "A good writer, like a good reader, has a mind’s ear. We mostly read prose in silence, but many readers have a keen inner ear that hears it. Dull, choppy, droning, jerky, feeble: these common criticisms of narrative are all faults in the sound of it. Lively, well-paced, flowing, strong, beautiful: these are all qualities of the sound of prose, and we rejoice in them as we read. Narrative writers need to train their mind’s ear to listen to their own prose, to hear as they write." https://lithub.com/a-writing-lesson-from-ursula-k-leguin/