Apparently I fancy myself a writer now

[90's Child]

Originally Posted by Kitsa

This feels like some sort of ugly literary darwinism in action. :/

Yes, yes it does. Regardless, they do have a point. My work does tend to be sprinkled with multiple egregious examples of prose as purple as an emperor's robe, and could be considered more like a Victorian penny-dreadful, which were the male equivalent to cheezy romance novels. I know I'll never be the next Allan Moore, but I do not want to be stuck with the label of the next Stephanie Myer. How exactly does a person clean up purple prose in their works?

[Zomboid]

Originally Posted by 90's Child

Yes, yes it does. Regardless, they do have a point. My work does tend to be sprinkled with multiple egregious examples of prose as purple as an emperor's robe, and could be considered more like a Victorian penny-dreadful, which were the male equivalent to cheezy romance novels. I know I'll never be the next Allan Moore, but I do not want to be stuck with the label of the next Stephanie Myer. How exactly does a person clean up purple prose in their works?

1st lesson: Stop being a pretentious little douche.