The Oxford English Dictionary defines purple prose as ‘writing that is too elaborate or ornate’. How can you distinguish between good writing and purple prose? Read tips to avoid purple prose in your own work:
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Editing tips from Raymond Carver
There are at least two versions of Raymond Carver’s collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. This gives us a unique opportunity to compare the writer’s original work with the edited stories. Read on for editing tips from Raymond Carver and the history of his editors:
Writers of all genres and styles can learn a great deal from reading the works of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.
Wikipedia aka ‘Big Brother’ tells us that copyright is a legal concept, giving the creator of an original work, exclusive rights to it. It could be images, poems, audio recordings, designs, movies … and your book of course.
The writing of sex scenes has been turned on its head by the Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy written by E.L. James. The sex in her books … Read More
Emulating Charles Dickens’s writing style has been attempted by many, and only partially achieved by few. It is mostly known to be old-fashioned, outrageously imaginative, wordy and sentimental.
If there’s one person we should all be taking writing advice from, it’s J.K. Rowling. Not only did she manage to write a book that spawned a … Read More