/lit/ - Literature

>>20426201
Not him, but I mostly agree. Good prose is like good line art. People appreciate clean lines, but they're more than happy with only the sketch. Spending time getting the perfect line weight on every curve is masturbatory. Artists appreciate it, but the viewer can't really tell the difference at best. At worst, you actually lose energy from what you're drawing in the clean but sterile lines. And besides, if you paint a good picture, then the lines aren't that important, as they get covered up by something more interesting and dynamic.