Comments on: [process] The antimagic of crutch words http://www.jlake.com/2009/03/23/process-the-antimagic-of-crutch-words/ Jay Lake's Official Web Site Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Links for 24th March 2009 | Velcro City Tourist Board http://www.jlake.com/2009/03/23/process-the-antimagic-of-crutch-words/comment-page-1/#comment-25349 Links for 24th March 2009 | Velcro City Tourist Board Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:25:21 +0000 http://www.jlake.com/?p=7722#comment-25349 [...] The antimagic of crutch words [...] [...] The antimagic of crutch words [...]

]]> By: Hunt for crutch words « Mark Siegal http://www.jlake.com/2009/03/23/process-the-antimagic-of-crutch-words/comment-page-1/#comment-10826 Hunt for crutch words « Mark Siegal Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:50:28 +0000 http://www.jlake.com/?p=7722#comment-10826 [...] for crutch words by Mark Siegal on March 15, 2010 Jay Lake on the antimagic of crutch words — words or phrases you overuse intrusively: Sometimes these words and constructions are [...] [...] for crutch words by Mark Siegal on March 15, 2010 Jay Lake on the antimagic of crutch words — words or phrases you overuse intrusively: Sometimes these words and constructions are [...]

]]> By: tetar http://www.jlake.com/2009/03/23/process-the-antimagic-of-crutch-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3426 tetar Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:48:37 +0000 http://www.jlake.com/?p=7722#comment-3426 I still think you're conflating words with style. I think style is a wider consideration than just words. It's how you think. Which words you choose, and what tense you use, are the kinds of things your thinking affect, but they are subordinate and do not, in themselves, constitute style. Which is why pastiche is never quite what is pastiched; it's focused too much on the words. I still think you’re conflating words with style.

I think style is a wider consideration than just words. It’s how you think. Which words you choose, and what tense you use, are the kinds of things your thinking affect, but they are subordinate and do not, in themselves, constitute style.

Which is why pastiche is never quite what is pastiched; it’s focused too much on the words.

]]> By: Jess Mebane http://www.jlake.com/2009/03/23/process-the-antimagic-of-crutch-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3424 Jess Mebane Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:54:00 +0000 http://www.jlake.com/?p=7722#comment-3424 Are you also the recent source of the Elmore Leonard maxim, "If it sounds like writing, I stop and try again" ? Because that has been my mantra ever since reading it on twitter recently, and your advice here nicely echoes that. Thanks! Are you also the recent source of the Elmore Leonard maxim, “If it sounds like writing, I stop and try again” ? Because that has been my mantra ever since reading it on twitter recently, and your advice here nicely echoes that. Thanks!

]]> By: thelittlefluffycat http://www.jlake.com/2009/03/23/process-the-antimagic-of-crutch-words/comment-page-1/#comment-3420 thelittlefluffycat Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:59:53 +0000 http://www.jlake.com/?p=7722#comment-3420 It does make a huge difference, doesn't it? And something that's well-written can sweep even a good reader past things that will make me cringe, later. *sigh* Thanks for this, Jay. Nice to not feel alone. It does make a huge difference, doesn’t it? And something that’s well-written can sweep even a good reader past things that will make me cringe, later. *sigh* Thanks for this, Jay. Nice to not feel alone.

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