Wrights Writing Corner — Cotton Candy
Today’s Wright’s Writing Corner discusses writing that sells vs. writing that lasts.
Recently, I took a delightful writing class, which I have mentioned before. But there was one thing that came up in the class that I found disturbing.
We reached a section that spoke about Cotton Candy Writing. Ah, I thought, the bane of every good book, the perfect description of exactly what a good writer never wants to do.
So, you can imagine my shock and amazement when the following paragraph made it clear that Cotton Candy Writing was what we, the students, were supposed to be shooting for. Writing that offered no “speed bumps” to the reader, that never slowed them down.
I sat there, stunned. My favorite books always slow me down. They make me stop and think.
Read the whole thing here: http://arhyalon.livejournal.com/130464.html
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
