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Comment by darkerside

Writing like that, in a showboating over-the-top style, is effectively its own special genre. It's not supposed to be economical. It's not solely meant to communicate a specific message. It's the "hold my beer" of writing. It's the kind of writing other writers appreciate for what it is -- like the jokes that comics tell each other -- not meant for general consumption.

If you want to label it as "bad writing", you're certainly within your rights. But it's reductive, it misses the point, and worst of all, as an insult, it's rather boring.

parent darkerside 7 years ago

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