Professor Coruptus's 15 Minutes of Fame · 2:09pm Aug 29th, 2012
The Mercy of Screwball Ch.1 "I don't want to remember" is a fantastic example of "show, not tell". Here, not only does the Professor give us a detailed discription of the world he wishes us to see, but he drowns us in it. His use of imagry, his holding back of concrete detail paints an emotional picture that ensares the reader. It make us wonder what this is all about, while giving us feelings of euphoria, and then primal fear. In a comment I sent to him on the proofreading group, I said the section made me feel like a paint brush on a palette, colors wisking away at my fur, a beautiful madness surronding, all the while trying to find the sense in nonsense.
This author has inspired me to use this tool in my own work. I can only hope to live up to such a great example of imagry.
Always Sincerely,
The Music Man
