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Q&A Is alliteration distracting and not very valuable/interesting for the reader?

I tend to use alliteration a lot. This is an example from a story I'm writing: "Let me get this straight," Aru said, sliding on her dress. She always felt frosty after failed fornication. "Yo...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Alexandro Chen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:57:26Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Alexandro Chen‭ · 2019-12-08T05:57:26Z (over 4 years ago)
I tend to use alliteration a lot. This is an example from a story I'm writing:

> "Let me get this straight," Aru said, sliding on her dress. She always felt frosty after failed fornication. "You're giving me two thousand yen because you couldn't get it up?"
> 
> "It wasn't _suddenly_." Aru sipped her Americano. Its bitterness formed a frown on her forehead. "Have you seen the movie Pretty Woman?"
> 
> Aru dashed out of Yuuto's apartment and returned to hers in Ginza. There, sipping a can of beer on her couch, she chewed over her new career path.

Will this be distracting for the reader? Maybe readers don't care so much about alliteration? Maybe I should focus on finding the right verbs, similes, and metaphors?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-01-17T17:16:21Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 4