To say the least. My reaction to "stitch bitch" by Shelley Jackson wasn't a good one. I really disliked it. I hate the way she writes! Its like she's trying so hard to be different that it's just annoying. For example:
"In the no-place of hypertext, there's finally room to move around, like an orifice I can fit my whole body into, instead of just my finger or my p-p-p-pen."
Do we really need the extra p's? No. That's just irritating. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people online write words with extra letters. " I loveeeeeee you," "I'm boreddddddddddd" "Lets hang outttttt" Stop it.
Back to Shelley Shelley. I think the section that I could stand the most was, GAPS, LEAPS. It made the most sense to me. Throughout much of her article, I had to re-read sentences just to get what she was trying to say. How is it good writing when the reader has to go over sentences multiple times? In this particular section, she's talking about how hypertext isn't like a regular flowing novel, its all over the place. That makes sense to me. This doesn't: "Plot chaperones understanding, cuts off errant interpretations."
Is that even a sentence? Why can she do that?!
Responding to Kelsey...
I agree that she can write whatever she wants. That's not only the beauty of writing, but the beauty of being a citizen of the United States of America: we have free speech. However, when writing for the public, its important to keep your audience in mind. It's possible that she was trying to get a reaction-like the one I had-or she just doesn't care and is merely writing for herself. In that case, I don't think that she's a very mindful writer. Its true that she has the right to say whatever she wants. But, I'm just saying that it bothers me. Maybe many people enjoyed her style of writing, it just doesn't appeal to me. I believe that she can get her point across in a way that is less irritating to me specifically. But, she's not just writing for me, is she?
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The beauty of writing is that you can do whatever you want. She can write sentences like that for the pure reasoning that she just can! She writes the way she thinks. There's no need to keep everything so parallel, therefore, she should write the word "pen" like "p-p-p-pen". Why restrict your crazy brain waves?
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