Think Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea or Kelman's How late it was, how late (both Booker Prize winners, incidentally). Yes, such titles are poetic. Repetition can be poetic. But repetition can be boring too.
Breaking grammatical and punctuational laws can make your work look poetic. Think Cormac McCarthy. Either that, or make you look like a pretentious guy or a Kindergarten kid just learning how to write. Of course, there's a time and place for everything. Don't expect to get high marks for your English essay if you're gonna write like McCarthy or like Peter Carey's The True History of the Kelly Gang (which, excluding some sections, happens to be completely devoid of commas).
Which, incidentally, the latter won the Booker Prize, too.
Moral of the story: Experiment. Don't let every story be churned out like an English essay foran MPH Young Writer's competitions.
I haven't written a much, unfortunately. I've been doing more reading than writing. Eventually, I'll have to balance the sheets. We'll see.
Breaking grammatical and punctuational laws can make your work look poetic. Think Cormac McCarthy. Either that, or make you look like a pretentious guy or a Kindergarten kid just learning how to write. Of course, there's a time and place for everything. Don't expect to get high marks for your English essay if you're gonna write like McCarthy or like Peter Carey's The True History of the Kelly Gang (which, excluding some sections, happens to be completely devoid of commas).
Which, incidentally, the latter won the Booker Prize, too.
Moral of the story: Experiment. Don't let every story be churned out like an English essay for
I haven't written a much, unfortunately. I've been doing more reading than writing. Eventually, I'll have to balance the sheets. We'll see.
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