North Wiedna wrote:this is so untrue
it's easier to write inefficiently,
who said anything about difficulty? if you think "well most americans think elves are those things on the cookie box ill go for that i guess" isnt lazy as shit well i dont know man.
North Wiedna wrote:otherwise you wouldn't need to proofread.
irrelevant
North Wiedna wrote: the whole point of concision is to make the piece easily readable and easy to follow.
i didnt realise accessibility was central to quality of writing.
North Wiedna wrote:if you mire it up with new words phrases (which, by the way, are useless outside the specific piece's universe)
i really don't see how your parenthesis is relevant. if im creating a piece of literature, im not renting it out for use by other people, and im not attempting to contribute to the english language, that's fairly ridiculous. when you say "mire" it really strikes of being dismissive of world building.
North Wiedna wrote: when there's perfectly acceptable alternatives
well ok have fun having that bizarre anomaly of old english sticking out like a sore thumb if you ever attempt to expand on a fictitious culture, language, race, etc.
North Wiedna wrote: you're giving the reader one more thing to keep track of,
heaven forbid they expend effort in absorbing art the poor dears.
North Wiedna wrote: and, if they forget, they're forced to turn back and check, ruining the flow of the piece.
this really is only an issue if the person reading is moronic to the point of being unable to read from context or you're so poorly skilled you can't embed created words in such a way that their meaning become sapparent.
North Wiedna wrote: it's not being "lazy", it's focusing on what actually matters instead of trivial details like word invention for the sake of word invention. there is NO need to break up the flow of a story by throwing in what might as well be an excerpt from an encyclopedia.
what actually matters is making everything to read, so speaketh the lord, but not in his texts because despite being very pretty they are BAD because they do not focus on what the modern consumer wants - swiftly and easily digestible literature they can consume quickly.
buuhuu why actually try to create a real or immersive world when you can go for the concise cop out and turn your work into a 4 page pamphlet.
hey if you can't write in an interesting way to convey the meaning of something you have one person to blame.
North Wiedna wrote: even if elves vary from culture to culture, there is a specific audience in mind,
speak for yourself and yourself only.
North Wiedna wrote:and as long as the specific audience is the one reading the book they will more than often get the right mental picture for "elf".
oh so you just jump on the bland cookie cutter elf which i
genuinely have no idea about? really you have the christmas elves and you have the high fantasy elves? and even the nazi low fantasy ones. i have no specific idea ofwhat you mean by elf.
North Wiedna wrote: besides, the cultural variations of elves are slight, in no culture is an elf the english equivalent of a trent or an ogre. the differences are superficial and easily overlooked because it would be quite obvious by analyzing the point of view of the author