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skip.knox replied to the thread What do we think of POV writing?.Not about hiring at editor, Finchbearer -- I was interested your own thoughts on this: >Reading an article on why limiting POV to one... -
skip.knox replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.I'll give it my best try. Understand I'm reading as a Westerner. The man’s almost-corpse dropped with the heaviness of a boulder onto...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.Kennings aren't much used in modern Swedish, but do occur in older prose, especially poetry and folk tales. You'd use kennings to keep a... -
MMSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.You just opened an old wound. Winters in the World got lost in shipping, and I never got my hands on it... I haven't read anything from...
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The Dark One replied to the thread What do we think of POV writing?.Yes, it's certainly a process, but life is too short to waste on bad literature. -
MMSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.It probably didn't occur to me that it'd be really different in Western cultures because in my mind a necklace is a common item, but...
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MMSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.Old English would use a similar construction, too. I guess Swedish still uses more archaic Germanic features. Funnily, as I read...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.But I'm asking you. And no you don't have to answer, but that in itself would also be an answer...
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AlexS replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.He asked, I answered. It's up to him what to do with my answer, I don't insist. But notably, I answered him, not you. -
MMSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.They can also be very stupendous. Just copy-paste كرسي جابر into Google Images.
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MMSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.Old English has a cognate for it: weorðmynd. I'm not sure the meanings match, though. I'm actually trying to learn Old English because...
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.Yes, I got that when I read it. That's what I'm trying to say, if you haven't seen the combinations of jewelry and clothing you get in...
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MMSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.Good point. It's a metaphor I'm used to, and its implications are hard-baked into my mind, so I didn't think about it in this way.
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Mad Swede replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.I recognise that. I'd interpret haybah as vördnad if I was translating into Swedish, and I'd be using the word vördnad in it's fullest...
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MMSadiq replied to the thread Prose Style Concern.In my mind, I meant to convey that they were really close to him, close enough to reach his vitals, just like how a necklace is very...