Jane Aitchinson – Merriam A. Grain

The imminent danger of metaphor p3

Dic 4, 2024

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As a writer you need command of the language. Not to make of it something beautiful [additional problem]. To persuade. To enchant. To create metaphors. To listen and be able to pick up the metaphors that could work in most places.

The imminent danger of metaphor p2

Nov 28, 2024

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Merriam A. Grain

en How to write fiction

It might be and it might not be that reality is shaped by language (nonetheless the gravity works in all of them, despite the name). Nor Sapir or Whorf were able to prove it. Let’s imagine for a moment that what happens in English does in Spanish as well. The use of the generic engineer,…

The imminent danger of metaphor p1

Nov 20, 2024

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Merriam A. Grain

en How to write fiction

Without our knowledge, simply the COVID 19 has increased the number of words we use further away from Shakespeare or Cervantes. From the name of the virus — Coronavirus and its a lot less common symptoms like— apnea, fatigue, pulmonary obstruction, cutaneous eruption… Plus derivates such as: willingly quarantine, mortality, asymptomatic, K19 grade, sanitary measures,…

A web of words

Nov 7, 2024

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Merriam A. Grain

en How to write fiction, Uncategorized

Words are the prelude, the story is nothing else than the marvelous use of words as tools performed in scene after many practice hours. Thats what a quote of myself would say. However, Im not quotable. Thus, its time to share a Reith lecture. One from 1996. That old! Yes, that old. In the original…

Etiqueta: Jane Aitchinson

The imminent danger of metaphor p3

The imminent danger of metaphor p2

The imminent danger of metaphor p1

A web of words