open letter

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Dear writers at fanfiction.net,


Every sentence does not need five adjectives to be complete. Every noun does not need an adjective preceding it to give its existence meaning.


KTHNXBAI,

Rashaka

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_rednovember/]

Okay, popping in to say that during my SAT II Chinese Language test today, I had Heaven Coming Down by The Tea Party stuck in my head the entire time and it's ALL YOUR FAULT.

re: letter. Agreed.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry. Actually that's kind of bad. Oops.

(but...bwahahaha!)

I love The Tea Party. Yay for random Canadian bands I only come in contact with through the internet! Have you heard other songs by them? Maybe I'll do a pimp post here...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_rednovember/]

(You're bad. Baaaad.)

I've got a pathetic few--Chimera and Temptation--so that would be a definite YES to pimp post.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Noted.

[mswyrr]

Agreed. But I have sympathy for why they do it. It's like, this picture in my head is sooo pretty. I want to share it! I know, I'll throw words at people until they see it, too!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

You are a kinder soul than I.

[mswyrr]

Probably just because I remember doing it myself. :)

[jcflygurl.livejournal.com]

I've been told that my sentences tend to do that. I apologize, for I am not as talented a writer as to not shove adjectives down everyone's throats for them to see and feel what I'm seeing and feeling.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Hm. Well, I guess my only advice would be to try to imagine other ways to describe it except the "adjective noun" combination. For example, if the beach is pretty, don't say "pretty beach", describe more specifically how it was pretty, in what way. Or get away from the word "pretty" and describe something about a beach that people will read and imagine to be pretty.