I know what you mean, with trying to find non-organic similes and metaphors! But I go by G1 rules in my writing, wherein I don't stress too much if it makes sense or not that robots think of things like buds unfurling (maybe they have crystal flowers, that grow and unfurl, too). I also think there's a lot of wiggle room in how much description, or how many metaphors, or details of feelings, etc. you can have and still have a great bit of writing. I tend to think of description of settings as "filler" and skim over it quickly to get to the parts I really enjoy - the interactions and emotions of the characters, but sometimes I'm in the mood to re-read and absorb and imagine every detail (I read Lord of the Rings like this - sometimes just the "good parts" and sometimes I try to pay attention to every word, and find myself marveling over things I never noticed and discovering new tiny treasures of description).
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Date: 2013-07-04 01:07 am (UTC)I know what you mean, with trying to find non-organic similes and metaphors! But I go by G1 rules in my writing, wherein I don't stress too much if it makes sense or not that robots think of things like buds unfurling (maybe they have crystal flowers, that grow and unfurl, too). I also think there's a lot of wiggle room in how much description, or how many metaphors, or details of feelings, etc. you can have and still have a great bit of writing. I tend to think of description of settings as "filler" and skim over it quickly to get to the parts I really enjoy - the interactions and emotions of the characters, but sometimes I'm in the mood to re-read and absorb and imagine every detail (I read Lord of the Rings like this - sometimes just the "good parts" and sometimes I try to pay attention to every word, and find myself marveling over things I never noticed and discovering new tiny treasures of description).