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1st Apr '13 5:13:30 PM Stoogebie

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*** To expand on that point: thesauri (yeah, I think that's really the plural) are usually employed when writing a book, not reading it--they're supposed to help you build up your vocabulary so you don't use the same words over and over. It would probably be more accurate to say that PurpleProse writers write by looking up words in a thesaurus every few paragraphs, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord with sometimes hilarious results]] (that only applies to the bad writers of PurpleProse, though; more skillful writers such as H.P. Lovecraft ''know'' the meaning of the convoluted words they use--not that that makes it much easier for the reader).
* Why do so many tropers think PurpleProse is always bad? Sure, there are a lot of bad authors who use PurpleProse, but TropesAreTools. They depend on the capability of the author. And as I said in TroperTales, many of my school essays were very purple, and they all got A's. The article on purple prose even says that many of the best authors used it in some scenes.

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*** To expand on that point: thesauri (yeah, I think that's really the plural) are usually employed when writing a book, not reading it--they're supposed to help you build up your vocabulary so you don't use the same words over and over. It would probably be more accurate to say that PurpleProse writers write by looking up words in a thesaurus every few paragraphs, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord with sometimes hilarious results]] (that only applies to the bad writers of PurpleProse, though; more skillful writers such as H.P. Lovecraft ''know'' the meaning of the convoluted words they use--not that that makes it much easier for the reader).* Why do so many tropers think PurpleProse is always bad? Sure, there are a lot of bad authors who use PurpleProse, but TropesAreTools. They depend on the capability of the author. And as I said in TroperTales, many of my school essays were very purple, and they all got A's. The article on purple prose even says that many of the best authors used it in some scenes.

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1st Apr '13 5:11:34 PM Stoogebie

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27th Mar '13 6:42:28 AM RainbowDoubleDash

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27th Mar '13 6:41:20 AM RainbowDoubleDash

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3rd Feb '13 5:33:38 AM Talvieno

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3rd Dec '12 7:08:53 PM Antwan

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5th Nov '12 12:07:03 PM Aiguille

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29th Jul '12 2:09:19 AM AkivaraPrime

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1st Jul '12 6:59:46 AM Sen

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