tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525472174858926052.post846304213768871860..comments2022-01-08T10:13:53.412-08:00Comments on Clifton Hill - Writer and Artist of the Fantastical: Killing Your Story With WordsClifton Hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07023008377807431117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525472174858926052.post-49049258041474598042011-10-27T12:24:51.505-07:002011-10-27T12:24:51.505-07:00Thanks to the illustrious Angela Ackerman for chim...Thanks to the illustrious Angela Ackerman for chiming in. Your Thesaurus tools on http://www.TheBookshelfMuse.blogspot.com are awesome.<br /><br />I like the acronym, because I certainly RUE the day that I over explain in my prose. My wife is not really into fantasy fiction (beyond Harry Potter), but she sure helped point out to me a proliferance of offensive prose. I think it is impossible to avoid in a first draft (unless you really plan out your story in advance), but it needs to die quickly in a 2nd draft.Clifton Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023008377807431117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525472174858926052.post-32946607323394948892011-10-27T08:33:52.026-07:002011-10-27T08:33:52.026-07:00Over-explaining is probably the biggest thing I po...Over-explaining is probably the biggest thing I point out in critiques. It can be the big dump, or small, like showing an emotion through action and then 'naming' the emotion to boot, just to make sure the reader 'gets it.' <br /><br />I tend to be a sparse writer (sometimes too space), but I am always on the look out for RUE (Resist the Urge to Explain). <br /><br />Angela @ The Bookshelf Muse<br /><br />Angela @ The Bookshelf MuseAngela Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808259088625142389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525472174858926052.post-66113685510022551042011-10-25T16:07:34.238-07:002011-10-25T16:07:34.238-07:00Well, if you have people dropping away unintereste...Well, if you have people dropping away uninterested 1/5 of the way through your conversation, then you have a problem. If you can somehow manage to keep them intrigued for the other 4/5's then you may be over explaining, but you are apparently doing so in a very amusing/interesting fashion.<br /><br />Which is a sort of exception I think in writing.<br /><br />Perhaps I'm misremembering, but I think The Name of the Wind, at times, over explains a bit of history, or character, or something, but Rothfuss manages to do so with such mirthful and riveting finesse that it kept me intrigued.Clifton Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023008377807431117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5525472174858926052.post-46473501575466885362011-10-25T11:34:43.927-07:002011-10-25T11:34:43.927-07:00I overexplain in real life, too. I use 100 words w...I overexplain in real life, too. I use 100 words when 20 will do...Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.com