~~i'm such a dork >
Jan. 26th, 2003 06:42 pmis it wrong that when i read awkward writing that has a lot of fans who just adore it, i want to cackle and say, ahahahahah!! I AM BETTER THAN YOU!! ahahahaahah. (in a really bad anime villain cackle, you know).
even if i don't have the fan adoration or any adoration, it matters not, for i am not horribly awkward. i mean, ok, i can have -really- convoluted sentences and ... stuff. but. ahahahah. *points and laughs* ... it's just. i can -feel- the way a writer's brain works from the stuff they write. it's nothing i can pin down. but with a lot of stories, i can -tell- that the writer is one of those people who don't catch any stars, and are nice and normal and sweet-tempered and "understanding". oh yes, i've read a lot of romances, yes i have. there's such a thing as "typical", which is separate from cliche, because it involves the -writer- and style of writing rather than plot. i mean, every romance is "cliche" as far as plot, so that doesn't matter. what matters is whether you feel a sparkle, a depth of some sort. or, whether it looks like it's written by a member of the Future Housewives of America, who has her cocoa on sundays and her laundry day on tuesdays and her coupons and her `chicken-soup for the postmodern soul' book.
i'm overly sensitive to awkwardness in phrasing, i'm sure. but. i hate awkwardness. i don't care -what- you're saying, if you're saying it smoothly i will most likely be positively predisposed, and vice-versa. although i must say, it's usually some sort of gooey obvious plot/action that goes with the awkwardness. yes, i do so hate obviousness. no, not straight-forwardness, that's different altogether, and in fact straight-forward prose is rarely awkward. it's when you feel the need to say things obtusely that you start to sound like a complete dork. obviousness is when everything is -transparent-. ugh. and then you see things like, "another outburst of colourful language flowed from his mouth" and you laugh. and laugh. and laugh.
yes. i am petty & nit-picky like that.
no one must know!
... too late, now you all do :D
and, *sigh*. it seems all i do lately is act snarky and stuff. but yes, i'm kind of bipolar between snarky dorkyness on one end and mushy gushing at the other. i think i'm actually both at the same time, because honestly, i -read- this stuff, now don't i. so obviously, i -want- the insipid goo, even as i cackle at its staleness.
even if i don't have the fan adoration or any adoration, it matters not, for i am not horribly awkward. i mean, ok, i can have -really- convoluted sentences and ... stuff. but. ahahahah. *points and laughs* ... it's just. i can -feel- the way a writer's brain works from the stuff they write. it's nothing i can pin down. but with a lot of stories, i can -tell- that the writer is one of those people who don't catch any stars, and are nice and normal and sweet-tempered and "understanding". oh yes, i've read a lot of romances, yes i have. there's such a thing as "typical", which is separate from cliche, because it involves the -writer- and style of writing rather than plot. i mean, every romance is "cliche" as far as plot, so that doesn't matter. what matters is whether you feel a sparkle, a depth of some sort. or, whether it looks like it's written by a member of the Future Housewives of America, who has her cocoa on sundays and her laundry day on tuesdays and her coupons and her `chicken-soup for the postmodern soul' book.
i'm overly sensitive to awkwardness in phrasing, i'm sure. but. i hate awkwardness. i don't care -what- you're saying, if you're saying it smoothly i will most likely be positively predisposed, and vice-versa. although i must say, it's usually some sort of gooey obvious plot/action that goes with the awkwardness. yes, i do so hate obviousness. no, not straight-forwardness, that's different altogether, and in fact straight-forward prose is rarely awkward. it's when you feel the need to say things obtusely that you start to sound like a complete dork. obviousness is when everything is -transparent-. ugh. and then you see things like, "another outburst of colourful language flowed from his mouth" and you laugh. and laugh. and laugh.
yes. i am petty & nit-picky like that.
no one must know!
... too late, now you all do :D
and, *sigh*. it seems all i do lately is act snarky and stuff. but yes, i'm kind of bipolar between snarky dorkyness on one end and mushy gushing at the other. i think i'm actually both at the same time, because honestly, i -read- this stuff, now don't i. so obviously, i -want- the insipid goo, even as i cackle at its staleness.
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