In Chapter 3 of Steering the Craft, Guin discusses sentence length and structure, along with the use of words. As a writer, I know that I need to improve in all of these areas, including the use of words. Sometimes I find it difficult to sway away from the language that a writer would use in an essay or research paper. In order to gain more of a “natural” sense of the narrator in stories, the tone should reflect the character that is speaking, which I have a difficult time doing sometimes. In this reading, Guinn states that sometimes extra can be good, or it can be bad—each sentence lead to one and then the other… Helping the reader through the connotation of the story.
In Chapter 4 of Steering the Craft, Guin discusses repetition, noting that it can become a very helpful tool, especially in prose writing. She also notes that it is helpful to use tools such as a Thesaurus, find words that help the story become more interesting than average words. I believe this is a great way to help expand on repetition and I intend on using it in my writing.
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