don't be writerly | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com A Blog On Writing Tue, 04 Feb 2025 03:04:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://writersinthestormblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/WITS-Logo-150x150.jpg don't be writerly | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com 32 32 Why Writerly Words Are Not Your Friend https://writersinthestormblog.com/2013/11/why-writerly-words-are-not-your-friend/ https://writersinthestormblog.com/2013/11/why-writerly-words-are-not-your-friend/#comments Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:00:27 +0000 http://writersinthestorm.wordpress.com/?p=9376 by Shannon Donnelly β€œIn many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling.” – Stephen King, On Writing There are three huge flashing signs that […]

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