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Things to beware #2: Murmuring
Apr. 9th, 2014 12:07 pmOkay, writers of the world, I missed a memo somewhere, didn't I? For some reason "murmur" is now the in thing to do? Doesn't matter if it's appropriate or not, we should just shove it in everywhere we can?
One of those not-zombie trilogy books I read a couple weeks back, the girl addressed her army in a murmur. They heard her to the back ranks.
Book after book, fanfic after fanfic, characters are murmuring endlessly, and murmuring or whispering where it does not fit at all. Is it supposed to lend a dramatic air to things?
Fanfic I'm reading now, two grown men are in a fistfight. During it, one murmured to the other "Fuck you!". This fanfic is written with someone who has a strong grasp of physics (or at least can fake it well), she has to know what murmur means!
Be loud, be proud! Don't murmur unless it fits the scene!
One of those not-zombie trilogy books I read a couple weeks back, the girl addressed her army in a murmur. They heard her to the back ranks.
Book after book, fanfic after fanfic, characters are murmuring endlessly, and murmuring or whispering where it does not fit at all. Is it supposed to lend a dramatic air to things?
Fanfic I'm reading now, two grown men are in a fistfight. During it, one murmured to the other "Fuck you!". This fanfic is written with someone who has a strong grasp of physics (or at least can fake it well), she has to know what murmur means!
Be loud, be proud! Don't murmur unless it fits the scene!
