"Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes." ~Stephen King, On Writing
Thursday, 28 June 2012
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"Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes." ~Stephen King, On Writing
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Good, because t-shirts and sweats are much more comfortable!
ReplyDeleteSomedays it should wear pajamas and sleep in.
ReplyDeleteLove On Writing!
ReplyDeleteAhhh...you're quoting from my favorite author. On Writing is truly one of the best books on 'writing.'
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love this book. And that man.
ReplyDeleteSarah Allen
(my creative writing blog)
Fuck yeah.
ReplyDeleteAgreed!
ReplyDeleteI've only heard about this book recently. I'll have to get a copy for a look!
ReplyDeleteGee, I'm so glad. I write in my flannel night gown lots of days. :) Best regards to you, Ruby
ReplyDeleteI liked "On Writing" by Stephen King. But earlier this year, I tried to read my first Stephen King novel, "11/22/63" and I found it tedious. I couldn't get beyond page 36 before tossing it aside, yawning. I couldn't help thinking that his suggestions on writing are great. But good style and/or grammar do not make a storyteller.
ReplyDelete>>...Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Sometimes it goes screaming across the page naked as a jaybird.
I have even been known to invent my own words when I felt they were needed (e.g., "incongrutiating" comes to mind, but there have been others). There's nothing "necktied" and "dress-shoed" about a newly minted word.
~ D-FensDogg
'Loyal American Underground'