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  • I'm a game developer who is mainly here to crit others' plots, but I'm also trying to catch 'em all...
    I enjoy being a moderator immensely. If I didn't, I would have stepped down many months ago, or never would have agreed to do so. I'm a mod because I love being a mod.
    Mind you, Catcher in the Rye is by someone who actually knew what he was doing. (I'm pretty sure A Clockwork Orange doesn't follow this kind of idea. Just odd narrative style.) It's one thing to do it intentionally. It's another to use it as an excuse for bad writing.

    Essentially, it comes down to something like this: Would you tolerate someone pulling an E.E. Cummings (without actually knowing what that stylistic choice does) and then claim after the fact that it's completely intentional? Likewise, would you want someone to completely ignore the quotation mark for no apparent reason and then claim that they're emulating James Joyce?

    Point is, yes, there's works out there that use certain styles of narrative, but that's really only after you learn how to do things through standard format. You can't really use "this is first person" as an excuse to pretty much ignore the laws of English grammar unless you actually know what you're doing. Otherwise, you won't actually learn how to properly do things, so when you try your hand at any other style, it just won't come off well.
    ...Although, personally, I still hesitate about whether or not it's a good idea to violate the laws of grammar for the sake of using first person. That could potentially mean that you could use first person as an excuse for doing pretty much anything you want.

    Thoughts?
    Thank you. Although to be honest, it was actually a parody of every Suefic/OT story with a prophecy ever. XD I should go poke around PC's RPG forum more often if the piece also fits all of those. ...If only just for my own amusement.
    I'm sorry. That's happened to me in a RP I was in before, I was the last to post....I think it's gone now. >.>
    Ah, I have.. Limited experience with role playing. But it's good that you found something you can enjoy here. ^.^

    Yeah, there was no point in saying that really. I hope it was some sort of (inside) joke..
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