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"Read. Your. Shit. Out. Loud." Quothe the Wendigo.

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the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
This is great advice if what you're trying to do is something that works read aloud in the first place, which is only mostly true.  Not everything that written text can do, or that is worth doing in written text, translates directly into something that can be read aloud.

Short-form example:

There was an old man
From Peru, whose lim'ricks all
Look'd like haiku.  He

Said with a laugh "I
Cut them in half, the pay is
Much better for two."

Read that aloud and hardly anyone sees the point.  Show someone it written down and it's a sight more obvious.

Paynesgrey:
Understood, but there's always going to be something specialized that the process doesn't help.  For prose and dialogue though, it's done a great deal to help me out. 

Mileage may vary, I guess.   ;)

Shecky:
Yup. Nothing is 100%, but you use what you can when appropriate and useful.

DominicJ:
Also
Read drunk

It wont help you check for errors, but its so much fun  ;D ;D ;D

LizW65:
Sound advice (pun intended) especially for dialogue.

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