life as a brain cell
8 Aug 2006 09:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mayoraaseiI hate how science invades my brain cells and overtakes everything T___T
I was going through my bedroom last week and stumbled upon my 4U English major work. I was amazed at the quality. Okay, not the overall quality, because it had many aspects that were utter crap, but the writing voice was so beautiful. Even Prophecy doesn't compare - it's the word choice, the double symbolisms (okay, there weren't all that many), the pictures and sounds that are painted that's so enchantingly fairytale-like (which was also the whole point, which was good).
On the other hand, the plot was utter bullcrap and didn't exist. I love postmodernism. It can explain away so much laziness on the part of the author XD (Don't hit me, all ye postmodernists!)
Honestly, the language of it was more than what I can achieve today. Reading it made me realise again why writing was so cool in the first place, the ability to harness language into something so riveting; the way that words we use and see everyday, scattered about without order, could be brought together and tamed to create something so beautiful.
Haha...I sound like such a classicist...whatever that is. Madness is fine, but I prefer method in mine =P (Don't hit me, all ye Shakespeare fans!)
That brings me back to my original point. I really hate how science is invading my brain cells that were previously occupied by 20 synonyms of the word "shows". The tone of Next Assignment is kept purposely simple and bland, but Prophecy is nowhere near the level of sophistication (in word choice) I achieved in my major work, even though it is supposed to be just as melodic.
I still suck at dialogue unless it drips with sarcasm.
The 8am classes are really painful T___T
Edit: I think I'm also one of those horribly anal people when it comes to spelling and grammar. No one has flawless grammar, but I think if you're going to proclaim publicly that "I aspire to be a writer", get at least your bloody spelling right, even if you're just posting on a forum. Everyone has silly typos, but if you're going to consistently have mistakes with spelling simple - but not easy - words, I really doubt the ability of you being a writer. Getting your basics right is an important habit, rather than depending on Word (which is utter crap) and your beta-readers.
And if you're going to put your story online for others to read, you better damn well have gone through it yourself at least twice with a giant thick red marker. (I'm talking about original fiction here. I don't even dare venture into the fanfic area.)
I was going through my bedroom last week and stumbled upon my 4U English major work. I was amazed at the quality. Okay, not the overall quality, because it had many aspects that were utter crap, but the writing voice was so beautiful. Even Prophecy doesn't compare - it's the word choice, the double symbolisms (okay, there weren't all that many), the pictures and sounds that are painted that's so enchantingly fairytale-like (which was also the whole point, which was good).
On the other hand, the plot was utter bullcrap and didn't exist. I love postmodernism. It can explain away so much laziness on the part of the author XD (Don't hit me, all ye postmodernists!)
Honestly, the language of it was more than what I can achieve today. Reading it made me realise again why writing was so cool in the first place, the ability to harness language into something so riveting; the way that words we use and see everyday, scattered about without order, could be brought together and tamed to create something so beautiful.
Haha...I sound like such a classicist...whatever that is. Madness is fine, but I prefer method in mine =P (Don't hit me, all ye Shakespeare fans!)
That brings me back to my original point. I really hate how science is invading my brain cells that were previously occupied by 20 synonyms of the word "shows". The tone of Next Assignment is kept purposely simple and bland, but Prophecy is nowhere near the level of sophistication (in word choice) I achieved in my major work, even though it is supposed to be just as melodic.
I still suck at dialogue unless it drips with sarcasm.
The 8am classes are really painful T___T
Edit: I think I'm also one of those horribly anal people when it comes to spelling and grammar. No one has flawless grammar, but I think if you're going to proclaim publicly that "I aspire to be a writer", get at least your bloody spelling right, even if you're just posting on a forum. Everyone has silly typos, but if you're going to consistently have mistakes with spelling simple - but not easy - words, I really doubt the ability of you being a writer. Getting your basics right is an important habit, rather than depending on Word (which is utter crap) and your beta-readers.
And if you're going to put your story online for others to read, you better damn well have gone through it yourself at least twice with a giant thick red marker. (I'm talking about original fiction here. I don't even dare venture into the fanfic area.)
