The dispassionate thing I very much agree with--understatement is usually so much more effective for conveying a real depth of emotion. The river runs silent where the water is deep, and all that. I think both stories did a good job of turning on a phrase and making things matter more because they hadn't been hammered with a cluebat, you know?
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Date: 2009-07-27 07:51 pm (UTC)The dispassionate thing I very much agree with--understatement is usually so much more effective for conveying a real depth of emotion. The river runs silent where the water is deep, and all that. I think both stories did a good job of turning on a phrase and making things matter more because they hadn't been hammered with a cluebat, you know?