Saturday, December 11, 2010

Literary Blog Hop

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What is one of your literary pet peeves?  Is there something that writers do that really sets your teeth on edge?  Be specific, and give examples if you can.
 
 
One of the things that I hate the most is authors going on and on and on in pretentious language that seems to serve no other purpose than to show how many words they know.One example for me would be Steven King. I mean how many ways can he describe a scene that is essentially some one going crazy and committing a deranged crime. I know I may be stepping on some toes here but that's the way I feel. I fell his editor could do a better job of editing and cut some of that crap out.

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This falls into that nebulous area, that if done well you don't mind, but if it's some tortuous prose serving no other purpose than the authors sense of worth & in the process is clubbing you with image after image of sub Saturday morning cartoon twaddle, then you want to join in the mayhem & give the writer a taste of what's written.
This falls into that nebulous area, that if done well you don't mind, but if it's some tortuous prose serving no other purpose than the authors sense of worth & in the process is clubbing you with image after image of sub Saturday morning cartoon twaddle, then you want to join in the mayhem & give the writer a taste of what's written.
There are books that seem to just drone on and on, as if the author just likes the sound of his own words. But it's so subjective. Some books that I just can't wade through, other people gobble up. And some books I love, other people find dull as mud.
I agree with you there. But I can't say that Stephen King actually does a lot of that. There was this one book I read ealier this year (never finished it!) called 'The Electric Church' by Jeff Somers. Too much description, not enough action.

Here's my pet peeve: http://mywordlyobsessions.wordpress.com
Gentlemen of the Road (Michael Chabon) felt very much that way. Except I'm not sure he actually knew all those words before he found them in the thesaurus.
LOL so true . But i guess u are being a little harsh on them , after all most authors have done just that all their lives , dealt with words that is. But welll i havent read steven king as yet so u might know better . I write book reviews from different genres too at my blog karanvohraart.blogspot.com .. have a happy new year and do give ur expert comments tc

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