I, natural at flowery prose? Perish the thought! I strive toward a clean efficiency of language much as with your first example, with a conversational turn of phrase, a fillip of simile, or perhaps a dash of metaphor; prose unflavored by such spices grows quickly too bland to be appreciated, a meal of flatbread without sauces or savories. Or perhaps I should say flat words?
I find the Abu Dhabi style flows best when one imagines oneself as the speaker, a groveling innkeeper or perhaps a poor seller of bagatelles, one of a lower class who seeks to stand out through his or her very humbleness. "Look at me," says the Abu Dhabi style of speech. "I am nothing, I am a worm beneath your tread, and yet have I not captured your attention in my very self-effacement? O worthy one, condescend to share even the slightest whisper of your endless bounty, and I shall be blessed beyond all measure!"
Perhaps it is so with other manners of writing; to imagine a style of story-telling, you must imagine the teller.
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Date: 2003-06-25 05:47 pm (UTC)I find the Abu Dhabi style flows best when one imagines oneself as the speaker, a groveling innkeeper or perhaps a poor seller of bagatelles, one of a lower class who seeks to stand out through his or her very humbleness. "Look at me," says the Abu Dhabi style of speech. "I am nothing, I am a worm beneath your tread, and yet have I not captured your attention in my very self-effacement? O worthy one, condescend to share even the slightest whisper of your endless bounty, and I shall be blessed beyond all measure!"
Perhaps it is so with other manners of writing; to imagine a style of story-telling, you must imagine the teller.