- by Tara Maya
Overly Poetic
I’m editing. Again. Joy.
It’s funny. The first time I edited the draft, I found prose which was lifeless, stilted and dull. I added a bit of poetry, a touch of spice.
This time around, I’m toning some of that down. You could call it purple prose, but that’s not specific enough. It’s more like odd twists on words. I love to turn verbs into nouns, nouns into verbs, play on puns, throw in alliteration and even rhyming! Sometimes it works (in my opinion) but sometimes I think it detracts from the story by calling attention to the words. I’m trying to find the happy medium. My goal is simple, clear, translucent prose.
