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Originally Posted by Stu Monty
ChrisB & Chris, I know exactly where you're coming from but to say that someone in a redtop writing for morons using basic english and stupid over the top hyperbole is the equal of a reporter writing eloquently, and with complicated use of language, is in my opinion wrong.
Writing is an art. It's like saying that Girls aloud are the equal of Radiohead or Pink Floyd because they aim at an audience that knows nothing about sophisticated music.
Not saying the redtop writers can't do it. Just that if they don't then they can't hold thier writing up against the broadsheets.
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Someone just doesn't start out at the telegraph you know Stu, It's a long arduous process to get there...and don't fucking patronise me with that "writing is an art" line.
I was so proud of this eloquent writing style I had developed during Uni...I'd worked really hard on it, and all of a sudden in my first job it was completely pulled to pieces.
Writing for the tabloids is a hard, hard skill...it takes time to completely redesign your style. Keeping things simple, concise and precise is a lot harder than having the page at your mercy to decorate as you wish.
Having to express well yourself with only a limited vocabulary at your disposal is therefore a much harder skill.