Seren

Having first managed to drop out of an art school, I graduated from University with an English degree. Please, don't take that to mean I know what I'm doing. Prose is my first port of call, but I sporadically weigh anchor in verses of profound nonsense.


Things likely to turn me off a story:

- first person present tense
- daft 'fantasy' character names, (apostrophes, double-barrels, spelling with a 'y' instead of an 'i.')
- exposition-wedging
- deliberately dressed-up language (eg., 'occuli' instead of eyes? Please!)
- people who write 'addicting' when they mean 'addictive.'
- people who write 'likely' when they mean 'probably.'
- the opening line '[blank] is [blank] the first time [s/he] [blanks].'
- the opening line 'the first time [blank] [blanks], [s/he] is [blank]'
- referring to a character by a title rather than a pronoun (eg. the man, the brunette, etc.).

[more of these as they occur to me ^_^']


Favourite Poet: [at the mo] Ted Hughes.
Favourite Writer/s: Pterry, Neil Gaiman, Rowling.
Recently discovered: Daniel Woodrell, Gene Wolfe.