I received the following note on my writing this week, and it's food for thought.

This person feels that there's a "plainness" to my writing from lack of "witticisms, allusions, bon mots, and deviations".

And they're welcome to that belief! It's just interesting, because I'd never thought that building stories of the present through history & lit analogy might be considered plain.

If the baseline is "not willing to sacrifice accuracy for a witty aside", though... then yep! I'm a plain writer!

@MLClark "I taketh thou dost dare not fairly appreciate the ruminations of Mr. Oscar Wilde, then." Or, as I'd say, fuck off hoser.

@MLClark I'm thinking you could have fun with this. Like, just respond with "Bruh."

@SaltyVeruca

😂 I was in the same ballpark. My first thought was:

"they're good words Brent"

@MLClark Not unexpected from a Brent. Forsooth .