you know, I was afraid someone would ask me this! I should have written a couple of them down. This is a made up example: "I guess so," she said, disinterestedly. I'd rather see: "I guess so," she allowed, or even better: After a moment, she sighed, "I guess."
And I guess the true problem for me lies in that that last word always seems kind of tacked on. As if the author thought, "oh yeah, I'm supposed to be more descriptive," when I already find the writing to actually be descriptive. Also, I know there *was* one word that had an 'ly' tacked onto it, that normally wouldn't, so that the word sounded made up.
It probably can be chalked up to taste and style. Fantasy isn't my first love anyway, and I tend to have a hard time finding any style within fantasy that I really like. When I beta, I tend to hammer at stuff until it's stripped down to the bones. No flowery excesses for me! I love the spare stuff.
Oh hey, since I've got you here, do you mind if I adapt your icon for a friend? She's writing her thesis, and says she needs icons.
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And I guess the true problem for me lies in that that last word always seems kind of tacked on. As if the author thought, "oh yeah, I'm supposed to be more descriptive," when I already find the writing to actually be descriptive. Also, I know there *was* one word that had an 'ly' tacked onto it, that normally wouldn't, so that the word sounded made up.
It probably can be chalked up to taste and style. Fantasy isn't my first love anyway, and I tend to have a hard time finding any style within fantasy that I really like. When I beta, I tend to hammer at stuff until it's stripped down to the bones. No flowery excesses for me! I love the spare stuff.
Oh hey, since I've got you here, do you mind if I adapt your icon for a friend? She's writing her thesis, and says she needs icons.