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How did Lovecraft do it?
So I got to reading some Lovecraft stuff I got off a website of free ebooks- his stuff is in the public domain now so its legal- and I found myself marvelling at his simplistic writing style. Sure he has an amazing imagination and pretty good descriptions, but he commits two grievous sins: he tells rather than shows, and he summarizes everything!
Anyone know how the heck he got away with it? A modern audience would rip his head off and jam his manuscripts down his bleeding neck stump if he was to bring that to a workshop.
And yes, I am cross-posting this from the NaNoWriMo board. I figure I might get a wider variety of answers since this board is as much readers as writers.
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