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"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006

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My current reading consumption includes Quicksilver, which I am quite enjoying. However, I am obsessed with Neal Stephenson's extraordinary use of italics. I find myself thinking how distracting it is and how much it interferes with my inner voice. Then I think he thinks I'm too stupid to know exactly where the emphasis lies in order to get the joke.

Oops.

I think I have to change a certain bad writing habit of mine.

posted by allison | 7:22 PM

2 Comments:

Blogger jenn said...

Yes but we do it well!

12:29 AM  
Blogger Mindi Scott said...

This is so timely!

I've started writing one of my characters using a lot of italics. I like it. I think it makes her voice easier to "hear." But I've had two people in my crit group tell me it's distracting. (The exact word you used!) I'm still deciding whether I should continue using them.

12:57 AM  

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