Fun fact:
Every time I've tried to channel my inner Shakespeare to write prose so slick the ink slides off the page, I almost always end up cutting it from the draft.
Either it's redundant or could be said in fewer words, and it's this 'ruthlessness' that (from what I'm told) so many of you fine lords and ladies enjoy about The Divided Region.
In a genre that stinks of slog, I suppose it's a breath of fresh air.
Sure, there's the plot…
The characters…
And the occasional crass remark to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Those things are important too, but so is the delivery. I'd argue more so. Whenever stories get bogged down in the minutiae or stay fixated on the author's ego, I close the book, slip out in the night, and never return again.
That's what voracious readers call:
DNF (did not finish).
And by golly, is there a lot of DNFing in fantasy.
I've long abandoned the game of striving to be a "great" writer for the very selfish reason that they almost always end up being a yawn fest to both read and write.
And if they're boring for me to produce…
They'll be boring for you to read.
Which means no avocado on toast for me.
Rather, I strive only for two things:
To be engaging and entertaining.
Those are the only things I care 'aboot, as a Scotsman would say. And if they are the only things YOU care about, then stop being a silly sausage and head on down here:
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