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Questions tagged [prose]

This tag should be used for questions about prose in your own writing, such as how to write in a natural manner from a different perspective or finding resources about writing in prose as opposed to writing in stylised forms, such as in rhythm.

This tag should be used for questions about prose in your own writing, such as how to write in a natural manner from a different or finding about writing in prose as opposed to writing in stylised forms, such as in .

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How do I improve "beige" text?

I have a tendency to write text that's on the "beige" side. I think it's the engineer in me that tends to write text that's very straightforward and strictly factual. To a certain degree, that's good, but I feel like my writing can use more "color"…
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When is prosody in fiction too ornate?

I’ve written a very long fiction story titled (over 700 pages) and I am in the second round of editing. It’s a very dark subject: teenage suicide and I’ve written it in epic format (media-res, a catalogue, deus ex machina scenes, etc). Typically,…
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How do you convey a simple world through negative space?

I've been mulling over this question for at least a year now. There may be a simple way to ask it but I lack the vocab if there is one. I'm ready to ask it because I think I can express what I want with an illustration. But first some context. When…
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Should I Make Prose “Flow?” (Can Sounds be Overused?)

By “flow,” I do not mean rhythm or word structure or that stuff. I’m talking about phonemes. I’ve read and reread the prose of a short story I’m currently writing. Multiple times. Aloud. Even ran it through those AI voice things to read it back to…
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What are the criteria that determines the flow of the prose?

People sometimes tell me that a longer sentence sometimes improves the flow of the prose. So I was wondering what they meant by that. How do you determine the flow of a prose, and how do you measure it? Is there a way to measure it, or is it…
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