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>> No.20184163 [View]
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Ron Miller's Silk and Steel

>> No.9395232 [View]
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>>9393316

This is purple prose

If you don't understand why writing like this is hack shit, you don't deserve to post on /lit/

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>GRRM has good prose

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>> No.7276948 [View]
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There's tons of fantasy shit with female heroes, like Ron Miller's Silk and Steel.

Just look for something with a female elf on the cover.

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7106984

ITT: literature that gets you hot and bothered.

>> No.5828463 [View]
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There's nothing wrong with "Purple Prose" as long as it's well written

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Like Mary Sue or cliche or whatever it can be valid or invalid criticism depending on how it's used.
Intricate prose can definitely be good, purple prose is when it goes beyond and it reads like the author was jerking off over a thesaurus while writing. Eragon for instance got a lot of flak for it, there was a site with some choice excerpts but I don't remember it..
I'm not sure if this picture counts but I do love it.

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