Fic Tip: Choosing the Right Words
Hey, guys. Here's the start of a few posts I'm going to be doing. Just some things I've learned--and have taught myself--regarding word choice, sentence length, paragraph structure, scene structure, and a super-neato introduction to what I call prose flow theory. (Schmancy, right?)
1. WORD CHOICE, CHOICE WORDS
Propitious.
Don't know this one? It's cool, I just learned it the other day myself. It means (per Merriam-Webster) likely to turn out well, favorably disposed, or being of good omen. One of those Magic Eight Ball words. It's good to have a decent vocabulary, absolutely, but don't make your readers go running for the Dictionary every few lines.Read more »
1. WORD CHOICE, CHOICE WORDS
Propitious.
Don't know this one? It's cool, I just learned it the other day myself. It means (per Merriam-Webster) likely to turn out well, favorably disposed, or being of good omen. One of those Magic Eight Ball words. It's good to have a decent vocabulary, absolutely, but don't make your readers go running for the Dictionary every few lines.Read more »
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