kari-izumi:

concerningwolves:

Full offense but your writing style is for you and nobody else. Use the words you want to use; play with language, experiment, use said, use adverbs, use “unrealistic” writing patterns, slap words you don’t even know are words on the page. Language is a sandbox and you, as the author, are at liberty to shape it however you wish. Build castles. Build a hovel. Build a mountain on a mountain or make a tiny cottage on a hill. Whatever it is you want to do. Write.

Just as a reminder:

• Shakespeare introduced over 1700 new words into the English language alone
• “Prioritize” is a word that came about in the 1980s
• “Normalcy” was a gaff George W. Bush made in a speech following 9/11 that people laughed at him about at the time, but I hear that used in conversation regularly these days

That is all 👌