From Caleb Crain’s How Is the Internet Changing Literary Style?: “Good evening. In my talk tonight, I would like to raise the question, How is the internet changing literary style? The question has at least two aspects. First, Which traits of style change when writing goes online? Second, What are the forces that cause these changes to come about? There is a third aspect, a moral one, which I will try to defer answering until the end of my talk but which shadows the first two, namely, Are these changes an improvement?”
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before the internet ever was… - there were authors that were constantly changing literary styles… - and because language is as vast as a pallet of paint and the painter is there to paint a sound that’s as deep as a flamingo can go… - responses like this… - wouldn’t happen in real life… - but… - there is time to stick my head into the mashed potatoes of literacy and wiggle my toes a bit… - change… - drop a couple rocks for the eyes of a snowman…
the internet is an abstract thing… - it’s always open for development… - it’s open for the option to post a novel or poetry and turn the comment box off and have a perfect piece of literature without all of the pulp from the internet fruits… - just the juice… - you can sculpt it into anything… - especially a blog…
i’m nervous all the time… - and my comments can be aggressive… - but… - they can also be soft and special… - soaked in scented bellybutton oil… - hot like a glue gun and a handful of turds… - it basically depends on what it is that just happened…
so… - yes… - the internet has changed the literary style… - but… - so did the mosquito that keeps disappearing in the shadows a hundred years ago… - it’s all a big front and it’s moving east over the jupiter of newton never… - wear mittens…