Wonky Will
@wonkywilliam
Grumpy old white guy. Not looking for love, sex or crypto opportunities.
The image is an example of a scene that ends in conflict, followed by a short establishing scene that sets up the following action. In the following scene, everything in the summary scene is unpacked &used in the narrative. Use a summary to describe a spatial transition that is otherwise unimportant
Interior monologue Stream of consciousness Writerly form refers to the creative choices a writer makes about how they use language and how they represent the action in the text. Have you read Intermezzo by Sally Rooney It is recent example of SOC as a particularly obvious use of form
It's cold and wet outside. These two keeping me company and enjoying the warm.
Have you seen Pinker's deconstruction of this issue? He points out that in The Elements of Style Misters, Strunck & White use the passive voice to describe why writers must avoid the passive voice. P18
@bcdreyer.social just found your terrific book It is lovely to see this genre of book written about English English.
My assistant reader. Today we are reading the brilliant Idoru by @greatdismal.bsky.social . It's funny and scary with the hindsight of the years. Pv4 there is a riff on fame. Just brilliant.