ContentWriters
JUNE 20, 2024
It forces readers to decipher a block of dense prose, only to find out there’s nothing there. Here are some examples of filler: Example 1: Filler: The bovine transported herself with sufficient velocity to successfully circumnavigate the lunar surface. Writing fluff disrespects readers by suggesting their time is not valuable.
Jane Friedman
JULY 2, 2024
Others railed that penny dreadfuls debased prose, corrupted youth, and caused crime. Booksellers identified with the gentry and served only the “carriage trade,” buyers who arrived not on foot or by bicycle or public transportation but in private carriages. On both sides of the Atlantic, pulp fiction’s success galled the elite.
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Content Marketing Institute
OCTOBER 2, 2018
OK, maybe writing this article as a comic script isn’t such a great idea, even if prose is at a disadvantage when discussing such a visual medium. A picture can help somebody to understand what you want them to do, whereas prose requires an abstract to concrete translation that not everybody’s going to be able to do.
ProBlogger
JUNE 9, 2012
His novel, Shantaram , is comprised of moving metaphorical prose that calls readers to action, whether it be to laugh, cry, or to delve deep within themselves. Metaphorical writing can be used to transport the reader to an imaginary world, all with the unification and comparison of two unrelated objects. Metaphor pitfalls.
Susan Greene
DECEMBER 30, 2020
The business was to be a medical transport service, which I’ll call MTS for the purpose of this story. He said, “I’m going to follow the example of the medical transport business I worked for years ago. I kept the length and all the nonsensical, pointless prose about the elephant. The Medical Travel Agency Going Nowhere.
ProBlogger
OCTOBER 12, 2011
Thankfully, this is easier in written than in spoken language: Nabokov and Conrad, apparently, never quite got rid of their spoken accents, but I am still to hear anybody accuse either author of “Slavic” mannerisms in his prose. Read and listen as much in English as you can, acquiring English rhythms and speech patterns through osmosis.
Content Hacker
JUNE 25, 2024
Ernest Hemingway, known for his concise and evocative prose, did this masterfully. He used vivid descriptions of sights, sounds, and smells to transport readers to the bullfights of Spain or the battlefields of World War I. Setting and Atmosphere The setting acts as a stage.
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