QUOTE (Xenthos @ Aug 1 2010, 11:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
How about 'Umbral'?
Thank the gods for Latin class
Good and bad writing do not exist. Clear and understandable writing should be the primary objective, and writers should always cater to their audiences.
It's the cardinal law in the writing major; your audience should be able to understand you, and the audience is all that matters. If you cannot communicate effectively to the people who will read and hopefully understand your work, something is wrong and you should consider reevaluating your methods.
Ever notice how you tend to read the simpler scrolls more thoroughly? IRE is about fast and effective communication.
How will YOU communicate today?
It's the cardinal law in the writing major; your audience should be able to understand you, and the audience is all that matters. If you cannot communicate effectively to the people who will read and hopefully understand your work, something is wrong and you should consider reevaluating your methods.
Ever notice how you tend to read the simpler scrolls more thoroughly? IRE is about fast and effective communication.
How will YOU communicate today?
QUOTE (Druken @ Aug 1 2010, 01:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Good and bad writing do not exist. Clear and understandable writing should be the primary objective, and writers should always cater to their audiences.
It's the cardinal law in the writing major; your audience should be able to understand you, and the audience is all that matters. If you cannot communicate effectively to the people who will read and hopefully understand your work, something is wrong and you should consider reevaluating your methods.
Ever notice how you tend to read the simpler scrolls more thoroughly? IRE is about fast and effective communication.
How will YOU communicate today?
It's the cardinal law in the writing major; your audience should be able to understand you, and the audience is all that matters. If you cannot communicate effectively to the people who will read and hopefully understand your work, something is wrong and you should consider reevaluating your methods.
Ever notice how you tend to read the simpler scrolls more thoroughly? IRE is about fast and effective communication.
How will YOU communicate today?
Yay descriptive linguistics! Prescriptivists can rot!
/minor tangent
QUOTE (Lendren @ Aug 1 2010, 01:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Clarity is only the first step. "Good" and "bad" come in after it's been settled, when you don't just convey your message, but also convey via nearly-subliminal techniques the impression, emotion, or other reaction desired. You can't do any of that without clarity, of course, but just because it's a necessary first step doesn't mean it's the last step.
Yes, thank you. You and Max Morenberg would not get along very well.
Plato, either.
Please note, for the jury, that I did not make any sweeping claims against the union of effective writing and pretty writing, and I firmly believe that the two can coincide pleasantly if the writer knows what he or she is doing.
... and who the audience is.
My rave: yay linguistics.
The Awesomeness of Telepathy and Psionics. 
Side-rant: People not realizing how Awesome Telepathy is.
Side-rant: People not realizing how Awesome Telepathy is.
In between messages that informed me of my starved beasts:
Message #2927 Sent by: Oneiroi
07/31 21:24 "Your family name should be fixed!"
Message #2935 Sent by: (system)
08/02 00:35 "Shikari, the Predator has bestowed His divine highfavour upon you. It will last for 1 month."
Message #2927 Sent by: Oneiroi
07/31 21:24 "Your family name should be fixed!"
Message #2935 Sent by: (system)
08/02 00:35 "Shikari, the Predator has bestowed His divine highfavour upon you. It will last for 1 month."
