If it is the writer is whom think it is (I used the feminine pronouns too much, but I think it is whom I think it is) she likes to think of herself as a 'painter with words' and her paintings are most astoundingly gorgeous and detailed.
Sometimes that dazzles the eyes though. The observer loses the focal points.
Time for abstract art. She needs to splash black, red and yellow up on the canvas and smear it with her hands and pressure. Pat it in a couple of places she thinks bars of color might need interruption. Ugly, isn’t it? And yet it is still art.
Blue and purple come later - when the healing actually starts.
Layers are good advice. I can think of chapters I’ve written (on a beta’s advice!) that started as nothing but pure dialog. I am certain your writer will be able to do this and so much better than I.
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on 2008-12-23 05:52 am (UTC)Sometimes that dazzles the eyes though. The observer loses the focal points.
Time for abstract art. She needs to splash black, red and yellow up on the canvas and smear it with her hands and pressure. Pat it in a couple of places she thinks bars of color might need interruption. Ugly, isn’t it? And yet it is still art.
Blue and purple come later - when the healing actually starts.
Layers are good advice. I can think of chapters I’ve written (on a beta’s advice!) that started as nothing but pure dialog. I am certain your writer will be able to do this and so much better than I.