My Daddy Left....

[RubenesqueAphrodite]

Odd. yes, of course, given our conventions. But do note that our conventions change (compare Elizabethan punctuation to today's); again, punctuation is a way to write what we say. We don't speak in semi-colons, but if you read the piece by standingmare, or even your own, out loud, you'll find the breaks and pauses and rising and falling inflections, and. yes. even the closed stops (the difference between a blackbird and a black bird, for example). It is prose, and not meant to confuse you, but for you to listen to and feel. Is it great? I wouldn't rate it as such. Does it convey it's meaning? I think so.

By the way, Kerouac used punctuation.

details, details...lol

My point is that despite the fact that the reader can make out natural breaks, falls, etc., in the case of prose, where the author is attempting to convey some specific meaning or message, it is incumbent upon the writer to provide those steers and directions, lest he leave everything he writes up for interpretation.

I, for one, want to be very clear when writing that the reader feels as though they are listening to me speak. The only way I can do that is to provide the punctuation necessary for them to "hear" me.

And, with that, I fold. I'm positive the OP doesn't give a hill of beans about Joyce, Kerouac or streams of consciousness...

 

[Tio_Narratore]

details, details...lol

My point is that despite the fact that the reader can make out natural breaks, falls, etc., in the case of prose, where the author is attempting to convey some specific meaning or message, it is incumbent upon the writer to provide those steers and directions, lest he leave everything he writes up for interpretation.

I, for one, want to be very clear when writing that the reader feels as though they are listening to me speak. The only way I can do that is to provide the punctuation necessary for them to "hear" me.

And, with that, I fold. I'm positive the OP doesn't give a hill of beans about Joyce, Kerouac or streams of consciousness...

I'm sure not, but it was fun while it lasted...besides, we'll always have Paris. Here's looking at you, Kid...

 

[Paradisecity200]

So far, I am not sure what to make of you. If you want to be my sub, PM me with info regarding your training thus far, and your limits in this relationship. Otherwise, I wish you the best in your search.
Best Wishes and Happy Hunting,
jjk007

Thank you for making sense