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Heed Coleridge's admonition to Wordsworth: "it is impossible to imitate truly a dull and garrulous discourse, without repeating the effects of dullness and garrulity." So this may be one of those t...
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2020-01-03T20:41:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T05:26:29Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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2019-12-08T05:26:29Z (about 5 years ago)
Heed Coleridge's admonition to Wordsworth: "it is impossible to imitate truly a dull and garrulous discourse, without repeating the effects of dullness and garrulity." So this may be one of those time to tell rather than show. That said, it is possible to present a garrulous character who is highly amusing to the reader while clearly tedious to his audience. Dickens and Shakespeare both provide examples.
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2016-07-20T12:22:15Z (over 8 years ago)
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