tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post3103350869677358704..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: Gorgeous pink ragDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-80846492398880055182011-02-23T21:59:24.244+00:002011-02-23T21:59:24.244+00:00Thanks for all the replies.
Yay for adjectives. I...Thanks for all the replies.<br /><br />Yay for adjectives. I love them. <br /><br />Goddess - I love the pic too - not quite Gatsby but that man pulls off wearing a pink suit which can't be easy.Susannah Rickardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533371458667245083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-13232303362253440792011-02-23T19:34:59.470+00:002011-02-23T19:34:59.470+00:00hehe i love this:
"When Nick sees Gatsby sta...hehe i love this:<br /><br />"When Nick sees Gatsby standing on the threshold to his mansion, he describes the man’s gorgeous pink rag of a suit. When I first read that – actually every time I read that description still - I get a sting of envy, like an electric shock, that those three ordinary words could be strung together to such effect."<br /><br />I love the pic too!Goddess of Blah Book Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01812965561621831707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-29282036920949247382011-02-23T17:40:01.560+00:002011-02-23T17:40:01.560+00:00Great post and I don;t like the outlawing of words...Great post and I don;t like the outlawing of words either. Reminds me that there is no such thing as a bad food, just a bad diet. That Observer piece where someone's shopping basket is torn apart annoys the hell out of me. But that's a different post!Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-56923882074934209432011-02-23T14:38:54.323+00:002011-02-23T14:38:54.323+00:00It's always a pleasure to come back to Jay Gat...It's always a pleasure to come back to Jay Gatsby. Zach is reading it in school at the moment too. I love that book but I can't remember its plot - only the descriptions, which rely on those adjectives.<br /><br />Great post, even though the title may attract unwanted attention to Strictly ! !Roderic Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519267912305907364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-8832949183914065152011-02-23T12:22:22.309+00:002011-02-23T12:22:22.309+00:00Yay for (well considered) adjectives! I love the ...Yay for (well considered) adjectives! I love the ones that make you sit up in shock because they're so oddly applied, yet bring a new, striking dimension to what's being described.<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-74454937543937812222011-02-23T11:43:20.208+00:002011-02-23T11:43:20.208+00:00Love this! I agree with you that we've become ...Love this! I agree with you that we've become too comfortable dismissing groups of words and that adjectives have their place in really good writing. Thank you for this!Susan Woodringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188083637741551628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-83114640149966376782011-02-23T11:35:02.431+00:002011-02-23T11:35:02.431+00:00I LOVE that three word sentence. You're right...I LOVE that three word sentence. You're right, half of it does sound like you're over-analysing something that probably spilled effortlessly from the writer's pen; but equally I ALSO re-read and re-read a beautiful description like this when I come across one. And hug myself that there are words out there that are just THERE awaiting to be put together beautifully by people like us who love them so much.<br />A fabulous post, and one which I shall now go back and re-read again. (Oops, have I just tripped myself up? Can I re-read something *again*? I think I'm having a 'stripey tiger' moment.)Debs Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10837598374947020855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-34443824425876165042011-02-23T09:51:37.342+00:002011-02-23T09:51:37.342+00:00Excellent post - it's made me want to re-read ...Excellent post - it's made me want to re-read The Great Gatsby.<br /><br />I used to get paranoid about the adjective/verb advice and would go through my ms culling them, but have since learned to be more judicious - sometimes you need them!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-71974668761159905972011-02-23T07:50:01.819+00:002011-02-23T07:50:01.819+00:00I agree, it's a few weak novels that give adje...I agree, it's a few weak novels that give adjectives a bad name.Charmaine Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642615452680721583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-3184294542029301892011-02-23T06:41:31.070+00:002011-02-23T06:41:31.070+00:00I think the advice to take out adjectives and adve...I think the advice to take out adjectives and adverbs only works at a very basic level in writing.<br /><br />Sure, 'stripey tiger' brings nothing to the party but so often a well placed adjective can conjure an entire scene for a reader.<br /><br />And even, now I think of it, stripey tiger might have its place when writing in deep point of view. If that's the way that character would say it, then it will add a spice of its own.<br /><br />I think once you get past basic writing, these types of 'rules' have little meaning.<br />HB xHelen Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00266205672947750373noreply@blogger.com