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 "plain writer" reminds me of my friend's stalker who is obsessed with her husband, saying she is entitled to have him because she is "not vanilla."
That's not how it works, that's not how anything works.
@MLClark I cannot imagine she sleeps very well at night.
@JeniRizio
With such folks, I remind myself that I only need to pass a few unpleasant moments with them, but they have to live with themselves full-time - and what a rough gig that must be!