Oooooooohhh!!!!! Yes!!!!!!

[slavelucy]

Some writers do use onomatopoeia because that's their thing, that's they way they write, but my eyes usually tend to skip over it and continue to the story. (Onomatopoeia, by the way, is what this particular literary device is called.) It's not as if most people who read don't have enough imagination to imagine a girl screaming openmouthed as a whip blisters her ass...

Onomatopoeia has pro's and cons; when used in the sense of expressing sound, i agree, it can be completely overused and fail to achieve it's objective. As a literary device, it is however often used much more subtely, to great affect. Many of the best (IMHO ) English poets made the use of onomatopoeia into an art form, using it to express literary freedom following Neo-Classicism.

There's a thread on onomatopoeia, if you're interested, it's here:

http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1104



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[bisubjohn]

Regarding too many letters.

We are all individuals and choose different ways to express ourselves. Also some of us have far better ability to express ourselves than others.

My opinion for what its worth, see below, is that if more than a couple of duplications are required it would be better to find a more concise way of expressing your emotion. Trying to express emotion is where i find duplicate lettere the most.

As i said that is just my opioion, after all opinions are like assholes, everyone has got one.

[Alex Bragi]

Hello bisubjohn,

And welcome to the 'familiy'. You know what I'm thinking might be fun? Two swats of my favourite paddle, on your cute little ass, for every single typo you make. Please, I'm just kidding.

Yes, you are right, everyone expresses themselved differently, and that's something I've certainly given some thought to since posting this thread.

Oh, and jucy, that thread on onomatopoeia is simply brilliant! Who posted that anyway! Oh, that's right - it was me. Again, just kidding.

Alex.

[j]

Authors should have the choice of onomatopea or descriptions. It is all up to them.

Two caveats - an overlong onomatopea, spanning more than one typescript line, will ruin any page setting; in that case I often 'slash' them to tinier bits, allowing the word processor to do its thing. And interrogation or exclamation marks should NEVER extend beyond three. (in fact I also have a rule they should come either alone or in threes - never in pairs. But that's me.)

I like the fact that BDSM readers are very much into those stylistic debates. When I read the 'ten' mark explanation in the 'review the story' submenu, I always get mad - 'is almost as good as a published story'. How preposterous... Most stories on this site are WAY better than the thin pablum found in scruffy bookstores.

[slavelucy]

Oh, and jucy, that thread on onomatopoeia is simply brilliant!

LOL!!

It is brilliant Ms Bragi, nearly as impressive as your modesty! (again...just kidding!).

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