Get to the Point! Or How to Write Interesting Prose

Get to the point. Don’t dance around the truth. Say what you mean and mean what you say. These words are something of a writing motto for me. You see, I believe in straightforward prose, honesty in fiction, especially when it’s brutal. In that straightforward, blunt approach to fiction, I find a sort of beauty. You can appreciate the ugliness of life and celebrate its simplicity.The far opposite of this is what you might call purple prose. Purple prose occurs when a writer goes out of their w...