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vulpinesaint · 8 months

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the surge of 'i like purple prose actually!' that i've seen in the past few years is so. disheartening, maybe. i feel the instinct to say 'no you don't! you just don't know what purple prose is! not everything that's pretty is purple prose!' but i know the truth of it is that people really just do like pretty words with nothing behind them. and that's what they think that they want. the curtains are just blue and the prose is purple. there's no deeper meaning and people like it that way. media built to be consumed but not chewed... songs made to get popular on tiktok that are 2 minutes long with a repetitive chorus... it's empty calories. 'i like purple prose!' i'm begging you to read some poetry or even just a better book. i promise it won't kill you to read and think about something that means something

#can you imagine a world in which prose is pretty AND meaningful????????#my instinct is 'read poetry' because i feel that's a good way to get the poetics that i think ppl are really looking for with purple prose #but also like. there are people who write wonderful flowing prose. with purpose. not just to sound like something #that you can put as a quote on your booktok video for the week raving about how beautiful this book was.#read the hours by michael cunningham. i don't know.#get into edgar allen poe or smth #there are literally more talented writers in heaven and earth than can be dreamt of in your booktok recommendations #something can be poetic AND meaningful. something can be poetic AND meaningful. something can be poetic AND meaningful.#like don't you guys think that those pretty words ring hollow and sound Less when they're not imbibed with real purpose?#purple prose is like. you're not serving and slaying. you're writing like a freak for no reason. this is nothing #why don't you try writing something true and beautiful. y'know #coming out as a purple prose hater it's obviously your prerogative to write and like it it's your own world <3 #however. girl. don't you ever want more #valentine notes

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