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🌸 how to write ‘prettier’ prose and elevate your writing + free vocabulary list 

Lynn D. Jung
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@KrisMF
@KrisMF Год назад
okay telepathy?!? this EXACT topic was eating away at my mind this week!! your craft videos are my fav, I feel like they always get me reflecting on my own writing habits and relationship w/ craft :)
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
LOL no there's definitely a psychic mind link at work here because I've had the same experience with some of your uploads!! tysm, I love that they help you reflect!
@maryagic7853
@maryagic7853 Год назад
If you don't like your voice or accent, you can always use a Microsoft Word audio speaker with the "Read Aloud" option in the "Review" section, to read your text. Listening to what you have written is a whole new level of recognising if the flow is off.
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
Seconded!
@damijinadu4184
@damijinadu4184 Год назад
I’ve become so complacent with my prose. I needed this so much lol
@kelleyiswriting
@kelleyiswriting Год назад
I loved this video!! I’ve been toying with the idea of keeping a list of my favorite words and I think I will do that now 🥰 and yessss reading is SO important to the writing process, especially in understanding HOW authors convey meaning. Reading poetry has definitely been helping me create more interesting metaphors lately :)
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
thank you so much Kelley!! you absolutely should, I highly recommend it - even the process of writing them down helps them stick to my lexicon
@petr6782
@petr6782 Год назад
Ahhh, new video, I’m so happy😭 Thank you for all the work, you’re one of the few writers on youtube, that just seem super real about their writing process, much appreciated :))
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
Ahhh wow this is so sweet - thank you!!
@zaynabywrites
@zaynabywrites Год назад
This was so helpful! And the part where you mentioned that good writing is often clear and concise smacked! The point of telling a telling a story is so that it gets across to the reader. Tho of course, smooth sentences don’t hurt either😅
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
Thank you so much!! I'm gonna be real, after I said that I felt very good about myself LOL. Definitely true!
@damijinadu4184
@damijinadu4184 Год назад
Reading widely has probably been the most helpful advice when it comes to this topic for me.
@wordcharm2649
@wordcharm2649 Год назад
Good point! It seems the best writing pulls from within the story itself. So figurative language works best when filtered through your character's interest (as you said: etymology), but for a less character-based piece it could be the subject matter of the plot or unique external element, say a procedural with an investigator hunting a pyromaniac could have a lot of fire-based language. This is a great way to connect language to character, plot, and theme.
@lulucool45
@lulucool45 Год назад
broke: show vs. tell woke: dramatize vs. narrate!
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
Exactly!!
@gregahunt
@gregahunt 9 месяцев назад
good video! i relate to your 1st draft prose woes
@bea_rose
@bea_rose Год назад
Great video💛
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
Thank you so much!
@keirscott-schrueder5625
@keirscott-schrueder5625 3 месяца назад
I'm very new to writing prose or creative fiction in general but my favorite author Joe Abercrombie says to write with honesty; is what you're saying honest, is it true? Within that mindset I still think its possible to write 'flowery'. Something that always stuck with me.
@lynndjung
@lynndjung 3 месяца назад
Love this!
@keirscott-schrueder5625
@keirscott-schrueder5625 3 месяца назад
@@lynndjung words of advice from his mother apparently, so the credit goes to her haha
@v333spertine
@v333spertine Год назад
how do i access the vocab list?
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
It's linked in the description box, but here it is again!: docs.google.com/document/d/1jrZMS6ZWlL_X66qFW0W3dJfRa_00Xk4AgOk_ejwYN1Y/edit?usp=sharing
@awakenmystory
@awakenmystory Год назад
i’ve been researching into this topic recently, so thank you so much for this video!! 🫶🫶
@ladysyin
@ladysyin Год назад
This is a problem I frequently face as a young writer. I thank you with my whole heart for this video! It is actually so helpful, and it eased some of my worries related to my writing! 🥹🩷
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
Thank YOU for taking the time to watch this! I'm so glad it was helpful
@taijavmarie
@taijavmarie Год назад
how do you just know when I need certain topics to be talked about?? very excited for this video!!❤
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
haha it's gotta be something cosmic! thank you for your support
@rachelwritesbooks
@rachelwritesbooks Год назад
ooohhh I am so excited for this!
@paperwattle9493
@paperwattle9493 Год назад
this is such a wonderful video, as someone in my final years of highschool (HSC exhaustion yayy) i'm constantly trying to improve and strengthen my writing. your content is always so motivational and incredibly helpful, and i really appreciate the time and energy you put into it! you're honestly one of my favourite creators on here 💖
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
Comments like this always make my day! You've got this, high school is tough but it's amazing and inspiring that you're already thinking about taking steps to strengthen your writing at such a young age. I definitely wasn't that advanced as a teenager! Thank you so much for supporting the channel, and best of luck with school and writing
@Asiannaffrierson
@Asiannaffrierson День назад
I’m glad you made this video because I love to build up my vocabulary. I kept reading as practice first! So far I’ve improved on my writing skills based on reading comprehension. In my new novel, I am learning dialogue a lot throughout my book and because I’m spot on in my vocabulary, sentences structure, character arcs etc it’s such an amazing journey!
@catgro9901
@catgro9901 Год назад
Omg I was just searching for videos on this topic, so glad you posted this!
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
LOVE WHEN THAT HAPPENS
@GaryMcSnail
@GaryMcSnail 5 месяцев назад
I also recommend that if you don't have the energy to read out everything you've written (or get distracted easily like me) text to speech helps with this as well
@lynndjung
@lynndjung 5 месяцев назад
Great tip!!
@MrRosebeing
@MrRosebeing 19 дней назад
I often find using words helps, but I am something of a novice writer.
@jaime8318
@jaime8318 3 месяца назад
Would you consider Tolkien's prose to be "purple prose?"
@rockbandny
@rockbandny 2 месяца назад
Im decent at plot and character i do need work on prose. Thanks
@AW-hn6ro
@AW-hn6ro 5 месяцев назад
my book is about the horrors of limerence 😭
@livavind5661
@livavind5661 Год назад
love this thanks
@unholymetaphor
@unholymetaphor 3 месяца назад
This was such an informative and well-thought-out video! Thank you so much for your incredible advice. I wish I could read your prose because your tips are spot on and helped me a lot. Thank you so much for explaining what constitutes good prose. I know it's subjective, but the video has given me a clearer vision of what that constitutes.
@lynndjung
@lynndjung 3 месяца назад
thank you so much for the kind words! two of my published short stories are available online and I sometimes read excerpts in videos :) i'm very glad the video was helpful!
@futurestoryteller
@futurestoryteller 4 месяца назад
Two fairly recent epiphanies I had that really unlocked this for me (as someone who hadn't read in awhile) were "in medias res": if we can understand a scene that starts in the middle, we can understand a sentence that "starts in the middle." And description and detail is not about what it is, it's about how it is. Also how it might be. And what we wish it were. Jenny doesn't have to literally punch walls for the narrator to show us Jenny is angry. The "show" part of show and tell is "be evocative" - assuming that it's all about what physically occurs in literal space would make metaphors completely useless. Imagine getting the note "If Jenny wants to self destruct, don't tell us that, show that. Make her blow up, and take three city blocks with her!" It's not about seeing things with our eyes, it's about seeing things from a point of view. And letting the audience glean that point of view on their own.
@yasmin-uk4gt
@yasmin-uk4gt Год назад
so helpful! thank you 💗
@lynndjung
@lynndjung Год назад
of course, thank you so much for watching!
@jeffrey3498
@jeffrey3498 4 месяца назад
Watching this video I think of John Updike. My prose champion.
@mistyspencer7249
@mistyspencer7249 10 месяцев назад
Thank you, Lynn, I enjoyed your informative video and appreciate the list you have provided.
@Trampoline-fn2yt
@Trampoline-fn2yt 4 месяца назад
1:43 i cant believe someone has the same problem with their writing as me- i thought it was only me!
@wordcharm2649
@wordcharm2649 Год назад
You're so generous with what you share with your followers, btw.
@EmmaBennetAuthor
@EmmaBennetAuthor Год назад
What a lovely video!
@Tali-yuh
@Tali-yuh Год назад
So happy you posted this! Just in time haha
@RelaxxationStation
@RelaxxationStation Год назад
Yes. :)
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