![]() ![]() ![]() All told, I’d rather like something than not like it, especially when it comes to STAR WARS. But, maybe I’m missing something, and a clue to your stylistic choices might help me see the light. Thank you for acknowledging my freedom to Not Like Things. So what was your authorial intent? What were you trying to express that conventional English doesn’t allow? Since you used such a choppy style on purpose, what was your purpose? So here’s my serious question: why did you *choose* to use so many sentence fragments in Aftermath? It’s become clear to me that you did it on purpose, not because the rules of English grammar escape you. In contrast to the style I read in Aftermath, I notice that you write in complete sentences here on your blog. Honestly, I found your style to be unreadable, which was a disappointment to me because I really wanted to read the stories you were given the opportunity to tell, and I’d hoped to read your subsequent novels as well. It actually made me grateful that Amazon Kindle has a preview option so that I got to sample your “strong” voice before I spent any money on the book. So far, the wookieepedia entry on your book is more syntactically coherent than the book itself. This was the first book of yours I ever tried to read, and I just couldn’t get into the choppiness of the writing style. Respectfully: I didn’t like what I read of your book, but I also have a serious question. “Can you help me? There’s something I need to do, but I haven’t got the strength to do it.”įrom one Star Wars fan and student of English to another, I came here today looking for answers. I received this comment here at the blog: ![]()
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