Talk:NoEnd House/@comment-26160987-20160218163219

I just read "Dating Game" and was so infuriated by the lack of quality and the weh weh loser protagonist that made me want to strangle them that I honestly was going to just ragequit reading any pasta for the day, but I thought I'd try to cool down (I'm not sure what it was about how bad it was; perhaps the excess of compliments for something so poorly executed and overall written) that I might read something else.

Thank you for being one of he bastions of hope on this site. I don't know what it is, it's like people think because they can type words that suddenly their stories are great and if they're on this site, people who can't think critically -- but that's beside the point. I'm just tired of reading 7th grade English class short stories. Word choice is subtle, descriptions are not excessive or pretentious in such a way it distracts (one does not need to dig through a thesaurus or pile on adjective after adjective to get their point across), context clues fill in everything else. "Show don't tell", but with words, I suppose. It's writing 101, it's something that I remember Palahniuk discussing (for all I dislike him at times); you don't say someone is strong or fat and you try to avoid saying it. You give descriptors, you give clues to that. You don't say it's raining cats and dogs, you talk about the flooding and the effects on the surrounding area.

This piece, thankfully, encompasses what should be basics and advances beyond that. Stylistic choices in dialogue are appreciated and again, not excessive. Really looking forward to reading more from this author since it seems for every decent or even good pasta there are 100 hot messes. At least this one deserves accolades.