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/
Can you give an example of her before and after? I knew this technique but I can’t implement it. I don’t know how to make the sentences incomplete. Are there techniques?
Bang on!
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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/
Can you give an example of her before and after? I knew this technique but I can’t implement it. I don’t know how to make the sentences incomplete. Are there techniques?
I love the idea of this, but can you point me in the direction of some good examples please?