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Category: purple prose

Purple Prose Cause #5: An Abundance of Choice

March 7, 2020 Phoebe Darqueling

In various Facebook writing groups, I’ve seen people ask several times why non-native English speakers decide to use it as their fiction language of choice.

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Purple Prose Cause #4: Figuring Things out on the Page

February 29, 2020 Phoebe Darqueling

There is nothing wrong with the “pantsing” approach. Getting everything out of your brain and onto the page can be a valuable step in the

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Purple Prose Cause #3: The Author’s own Amusement Gets in the Way

February 22, 2020 Phoebe Darqueling

This is the third installment in my series about purple prose and strategies for editing it out of your writing. You can read this one

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Purple Prose Cause #1: A Misinterpretation of the Phrase “Show, Don’t Tell”

February 8, 2020 Phoebe Darqueling

My general approach to both writing and editing is less is definitely more. I like tight writing that doesn’t waste any ink or a reader’s

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