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perdita said:Gauche, That made my pulse quicken. Good in prose, good in bed?
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Why aren't you at the symphony?
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Diversity - a faux pas?
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Why aren't you at the symphony?
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It's 5-ish here, don't leave for two hours. Bexx
sweetnpetite
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I think it's clear that no consensous will ever be reached on this issue- you should do whatever you think works for you and your story.
Unless you go on for three paragraphs, I don't see why anyone should find it objectionable, even if they woudn't do it themselves. Unless they are racist or something and the fact that your character is mexican has turned them off.
Personally, I could never write as sparsly as say, Hemingway but I do tend toward the less is more, I think. I've overwritten on purpose because it goes over well on lit. (much better scores, lol. and I'm a score whore
) Still I think there's room for ethnicity even in tight writing.
To each his own, but I don't see what the fuss is about. I'd love it if you would post a short example of the 'offending' prose.
Unless you go on for three paragraphs, I don't see why anyone should find it objectionable, even if they woudn't do it themselves. Unless they are racist or something and the fact that your character is mexican has turned them off.
Personally, I could never write as sparsly as say, Hemingway but I do tend toward the less is more, I think. I've overwritten on purpose because it goes over well on lit. (much better scores, lol. and I'm a score whore
) Still I think there's room for ethnicity even in tight writing.To each his own, but I don't see what the fuss is about. I'd love it if you would post a short example of the 'offending' prose.
raphy
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I think, like everything else in writing, it's situational.
Sometimes, it's important. Sometimes it just adds extraneous and irrelevant words. Only your experience as a reader will be able to tell you what you prefer to write as a writer.
Remember, you're writing for you, not for anyone else. Write what you'd like to read. You'll find an audience. It's a big world out there.
Sometimes, it's important. Sometimes it just adds extraneous and irrelevant words. Only your experience as a reader will be able to tell you what you prefer to write as a writer.
Remember, you're writing for you, not for anyone else. Write what you'd like to read. You'll find an audience. It's a big world out there.
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