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I am: The Djembe Warrior Drummer Princess, The Belly Shaking Goddess, The Seeker, The Mystic, and The Writer in Quiescence.

Pledge:

I vow to write in this blog at least ONCE a week about my journey as a writer. I promise that I shall conquer my fear of the Written Word and Blank Page/Screen. I will overcome the Writer's Block and will publish numerous times. I will grow as a writer and as a human being undeterred by the daily hardship and nuisance. (Yeah right....)

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Monday, January 31, 2011

Beware of Descriptive Algae

The simple things are also the most extraordinary, but only the wise can see them. (Paulo Coelho on Facebook)


Rereading my old writing from last year, I'm struck by the wordiness and senseless use of metaphor and simile. 

 

It's just too much.

 

It seems that as I discovered for myself the joys of using intricate words in writing, I just plunged in.  Deep.  Buried in sludge, I couldn't discern the true meaning in all that descriptive algae.  

 

In retrospect, it was a wise decision to stop writing for a while and try to get myself out of this swamp. 

 

No wonder people criticized my writing.

 

Simplicity is deceptively simple.   Now I have all the time in the world to master it.

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