Hiding Treasure and Providing Maps

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Mar/10
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…is the title of my guest blog post at the Science Fiction & Fantasy Insider website. It’s an argument against expositional writing that tries to show how inferential prose (“adumbraic,” y’all) provides a more participatory experience for the reader.

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  1. Sheila
    6:42 pm on March 12th, 2010

    That if jets are flying in a diamond formation there are four of them.

    That one still gets to you, does it?

  2. steve boyett
    8:13 pm on March 12th, 2010

    It’s a good example of what I’m talking about. And yes it’s annoying. Especially when you consider where it came from.

  3. Chip Patton
    12:46 pm on April 19th, 2010

    Great guest blog, Steve. I’m always sorry when I fall behind on reading your blog (in this case missed contest eligibility). But I still caught the lesson.
    I’m curious now on the offending source for the diamond jets? (Google was not immediately helpful.)

  4. steve boyett
    1:35 pm on April 19th, 2010

    Thanks, Jay! I deliberately didn’t identify the editor.

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