The Literary Salon with Thaddeus Thomas

The Literary Salon with Thaddeus Thomas

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A Word Like a Butterfly, Pinned

Thoughts and Feelings about Phonetic Flow

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Thaddeus Thomas
Dec 16, 2024
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Much of style isn’t something we study but something we absorb through reading. When that sponge method breaks down however, we can talk about words—and in talking we take what’s simple and make it complicated and obscure. We ruin everything. Let’s do that now. On steroids. Let’s talk about phonetic flow.

The smallest unit of storytelling is the meme.* T…

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