A Critical Dragon | The First Two Paragraphs of The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey @ACriticalDragon | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Another Prologue-ish Analysis, this time Anne McCaffrey's The Dragonriders of Pern.
Authors use all sorts of techniques to make their writing impactful, powerful, concise, and efficient, and it is not always about short sentences. The first two paragraphs of McCaffrey's writing are a masterclass in how to evoke the fantastic, communicate incredible amounts of detail to the reader, and how to imply a vast amount of information to create interest, ease, and context.
Excerpt from Dragonflight, the first book of the Dragonriders of Pern at Penguin Random House Canada.
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Intro and Music by Professor Trip.
Another Prologue-ish Analysis, this time Anne McCaffrey's The Dragonriders of Pern.
Authors use all sorts of techniques to make their writing impactful, powerful, concise, and efficient, and it is not always about short sentences. The first two paragraphs of McCaffrey's writing are a masterclass in how to evoke the fantastic, communicate incredible amounts of detail to the reader, and how to imply a vast amount of information to create interest, ease, and context.
Excerpt from Dragonflight, the first book of the Dragonriders of Pern at Penguin Random House Canada.
If you would like to buy me a coffee or a book, Support me on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/criticaldragon
Intro and Music by Professor Trip.
