• VoxAdActa
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    251 year ago

    In order for the reader to know that your rule-breaking is an intentional, stylistic choice, you have to get all the other rules right. Otherwise, we’re not going to think you’re a visionary, we’re going to think you’re a moron.

    I once read a mystery story that had so many blatant continuity errors and plot holes that I mistook all the “clues” for more mistakes.

    • blivet
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I once read a novel where I wasn’t sure if the writer intended his characters to be wrong about something they were discussing, or if the writer himself didn’t actually know what he was talking about.

        • Saturdaycat
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          31 year ago

          What was wrong with Warbreaker? I read it years ago and can’t remember what was rough about it

    • @voxov7
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      61 year ago

      Can’t I just be a moron with style?