Yes, sometimes our purple prose can be too much and readers can be distracted from the real…

…r now they are cleared of their adjectives. In my first paragraph my vase is cluttered and obscure; those adjectives hide the very things I seek to draw. As Le Guin would say, all those adjectives ‘cause obesity in prose.’
About Those Adjectives…
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Michelle Scorziello
Carmellita
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May 4, 2023
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Yes, sometimes our purple prose can be too much and readers can be distracted from the real substance of the story.
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Written by Carmellita6.6K Followers
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Writer, Poet, Storyteller, & Scholar. BA in Speech Communication. Joyful Creator. Blogger with an old-school flavor. A former ghostwriter who came back to life.
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