I'm not reading as much as I used to and, to that end, I ain't writing as much either. Hopefully I am both reading and writing better stuff, but who can tell?
When I was in my teens and early twenties I got through a lot of books. Granted, these days a book is still never more than a few feet away from me - and I can still be seen walking and reading a paperback at the same time; crossing busy streets, accidents be damned - but life kinda sucks your free time away, especially when you find yourself in your thirties having to juggle a Wife, a job, and lots of other things that you didn't really think about back in the darkened days of your youth.
I sometimes look at the pages I wrote then as well, and I laugh. But it isn't comedy. Was I really that naive? When I was young I obviously thought big words were good words as my prose was peppered with them, but invariably they are just pretentious alternatives. Nothing that a nice four-letter word couldn't handle.
Quality over quantity. That's what I'm hoping for anyway.
6 comments:
I don't recall you using big words. Too many? Yeah, of course. But who hasn't written ten words when three or four would suffice. Your prose these days is super-lean in comparison, no question.
I enjoy your work and did think it over wordy so that has to be good. Me being an expert on these things!
Thanks for the Japan comments I will get to writing some blog on parts in the coming weeks...
Thanks Steve, but hopefully not too lean. I suppose that's the fine line you gotta stay the right side of.
Ben - over wordy? Oh dear... back to the drawin' board for me then. It ain't meant to be like that!
Sorry meant to say NOT "did NOT think it was too over wordy..." stupid jetlag and not reading what I was typing... sorry dude!!!
Walking and reading...I thought I was the only one.
It's a skill that has to be learned, took me a while!
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I don't do it as much these day (readin' and walkin', that is...). The older you get, the stranger it looks I reckon.
:o)
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