Here are some links that discuss purple prose to go along with what we covered on Tuesday:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PurpleProse
http://home.alphalink.com.au/~umbidas/purple_prose.htm
http://www.fiction-writers-mentor.com/purple-prose.html
As you can see and as we discussed it is a thin line between purple prose and good descriptive writing. Hopefully we can figure that out as the semester goes along.
SHORT STORY DUE TOMORROW!!!
Prof. O'Connell
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