tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post6223019386508221435..comments2024-03-28T06:16:39.508+00:00Comments on Help! I Need a Publisher!: BAD FICTIONNicola Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-63226577688955205072011-09-03T00:12:30.422+01:002011-09-03T00:12:30.422+01:00I enjoyed your deconstruction of my Bulwer Lytton ...I enjoyed your deconstruction of my Bulwer Lytton entry, Nicola. You probably spent more time on that blog post tearing it apart than I did actually composing it. <br /><br />Love the blog!<br /><br />Sue FondrieXBadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693748918869389226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-72542115011229097212011-08-30T18:59:42.531+01:002011-08-30T18:59:42.531+01:00I've used " a miasma of depression came o...I've used " a miasma of depression came over her". At the time I thought it was quite good...now... cringe! Caroline ;o)Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00005714506570642538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-52151508199618853232011-08-29T22:49:44.542+01:002011-08-29T22:49:44.542+01:00ack, i love your blogack, i love your blogAurora Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683985157118597158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-89934452969887558202011-08-29T15:40:05.699+01:002011-08-29T15:40:05.699+01:00The example you used smacked ( is that appropriate...The example you used smacked ( is that appropriate?) of a writer trying too hard. It's tooooo easy to fall into that trap and such a cliche!Writer Pat Newcombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678017709861817691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-29705876586786044602011-08-29T15:30:13.076+01:002011-08-29T15:30:13.076+01:00I'm currently reading LIT by Mary Karr and she...I'm currently reading LIT by Mary Karr and she's the queen of using similes...and all excellent. I'm going to go back and hi-lite everyone for inspiration.Karen Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522178275164058849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-58081712086163263382011-08-29T15:08:16.461+01:002011-08-29T15:08:16.461+01:00I've come to realise that if I have to think t...I've come to realise that if I have to think too hard about a simile, it probably doesn't need to be there in the first place. Otherwise, it's going to sound as forced as a rhubarb being grown in a coal cellar.Emma Passnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-18772027448917357242011-08-29T13:28:00.350+01:002011-08-29T13:28:00.350+01:00Write Badly Well my go-to site for deliberate and ...Write Badly Well my go-to site for deliberate and amazing examples of terrible writing.<br /><br />They have a post on 'very accurate' similies here: http://writebadlywell.blogspot.com/2010/02/make-your-similes-very-accurate.htmlE.Mareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283073495361530535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-25923636502639581702011-08-29T11:51:19.389+01:002011-08-29T11:51:19.389+01:00Hi Nicola, while I read your concise, erudite and ...Hi Nicola, while I read your concise, erudite and to-the-point (to the point as the end of a Japanese sword, possibly from a past, long-gone and dynastic century) much enthusiasm and interest swam through my ever-shifting mind as if filled with teeming shoals of silver fish, flashing and darting, like a flock of birds, which might do the same, except birds in the glorious air of a warm summer'David John Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524610087056533062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-25829587400548118512011-08-29T11:14:35.165+01:002011-08-29T11:14:35.165+01:00For some reason I've found contemporary Japane...For some reason I've found contemporary Japanese writers are the masters of the simile and metaphor - I wonder if it's to do with the way Japanese writing emphasises simplicity and fragility, so there is a technical expertise in achieving fine balanceDan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-90879713821850769762011-08-29T10:58:15.304+01:002011-08-29T10:58:15.304+01:00What that deliberately atrocious simile illustrate...What that deliberately atrocious simile illustrates is that similes (or metaphors) should be simple and hit the spot. If you read one and feel contented by its appropriateness and originality, but it doesn't drag you away from the text or make you stop to work out what the hell is going on (as in the example) then that's a good image.<br /><br />Anything else is counter-productive.Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-38371971342129961012011-08-29T10:25:25.756+01:002011-08-29T10:25:25.756+01:00BigAl - not like that, frankly! Your name at the t...BigAl - not like that, frankly! Your name at the top of the comment already links to your blog if anyone wants to look at it. I have no objection at all to people mentioning their own blogs if strictly relevant to the post I've spent time writing. As it is... I forgive you. Just. But I came close to deleting the comment. <br /><br />Also, a simile is a type of mataphor, I'd say. The only Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-4782942371847319292011-08-29T09:29:26.295+01:002011-08-29T09:29:26.295+01:00Thanks, Nicola. This post is like a poke in the ri...Thanks, Nicola. This post is like a poke in the ribs because I'm desperately trying to wean myself off similies (and not succeeding, clearly). <br /><br />I think new writers - if I or any of my crit partners are anything to go by - rely on them so much because we don't have the confidence to just SAY something and trust that the reader will get it, so we compare to something else. I knowTanya Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17683336389946542805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-75627207272952552392011-08-29T09:28:43.075+01:002011-08-29T09:28:43.075+01:00Re last post 'swathed in the fog of time, that...Re last post 'swathed in the fog of time, that's a metaphor? Also, how do I get my website DragooneBooks.com in the blog while not blatantly self-promoting? Oooops...BigAlhttp://www.dragoonebooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-2172020193589764912011-08-29T09:15:08.966+01:002011-08-29T09:15:08.966+01:00Great post, now all I have to do is follow the adv...Great post, now all I have to do is follow the advice :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533913253403252799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-56799372612793854762011-08-29T09:07:11.501+01:002011-08-29T09:07:11.501+01:00Not a simile - but how can you have a 'forgott...Not a simile - but how can you have a 'forgotten memory' - either it's remembered, or it's forgotten? In the context of this dreadful extract another simile wouldn't be out of place - reaching back for a memory swathed in the fog of time, something like that?JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-35636156605864242422011-08-29T07:59:06.916+01:002011-08-29T07:59:06.916+01:00Eek!Eek!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com