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So let's talk about Purple Prose. And also Beige Prose.
Opinions on them, and what exactly "counts" as purple or beige, are pretty varied. Some might say that purple prose is any poetic, archaic, and/or heavily descriptive writing, while beige prose is any writing that doesn't bear those qualities. Others might say that these labels only apply when the use of dense or sparse writing is ineffective or poorly done. Some might say it's black-and-white, others might say it's more of a continuum. What's the consensus on this forum?
Other questions: What end of the spectrum do you tend to lean toward, purple or beige? Are there certain contexts where one is more appropriate than the other? What's the key to doing dense or sparse writing well?
Tropes Related to Purple Prose:
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
Meaningless Meaningful Words
Mills and Boon Prose
Said Bookism
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Name That Unfolds Like Lotus Blossom
Wall of Text
Tropes Related to Beige Prose:
Minimalism
Brevity Is Wit
Opinions on them, and what exactly "counts" as purple or beige, are pretty varied. Some might say that purple prose is any poetic, archaic, and/or heavily descriptive writing, while beige prose is any writing that doesn't bear those qualities. Others might say that these labels only apply when the use of dense or sparse writing is ineffective or poorly done. Some might say it's black-and-white, others might say it's more of a continuum. What's the consensus on this forum?
Other questions: What end of the spectrum do you tend to lean toward, purple or beige? Are there certain contexts where one is more appropriate than the other? What's the key to doing dense or sparse writing well?
Tropes Related to Purple Prose:
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
Meaningless Meaningful Words
Mills and Boon Prose
Said Bookism
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
Name That Unfolds Like Lotus Blossom
Wall of Text
Tropes Related to Beige Prose:
Minimalism
Brevity Is Wit
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