Whenever I get confused about what I’m writing about (or thinking about, for that matter) I think of Kafka and the Metamorphosis. Whereas a normal person would say, I feel like a bug; Kafka writes, I am a bug. Removing the writerly simile allows you to get right to it. There are no similes in life. There are only similes in language. Which do you want to write about?
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inochoate reblogged this from gaseousbrain and added:
yes! love this little! little literary trick to just short-circuit your thoughts back to what you really basically want...
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bwall05 reblogged this from bmichael and added:
Great point - similes are effective when used sparingly, but overall most...us (myself...
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would argue this with you, but I’ve had too much wine....daughter, I feel like a barista....
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