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JonSparks

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Had a long career as a photographer & writer about the outdoors, but now much more focused on fiction, especially SF. Author website is https://www.jonsparksauthor.com.
Lots of photos and quite a lot of words at https://jonsparks.zenfolio.com.
Still very much into the #outdoors, especially #cycling #gravelbikes (I’ve written about that too).

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3/8: Agree with George Orwell: never use foreign, scientific or jargon words and phrases in your work?
I find it hard to believe he would have said anything that daft. I’m guessing he actually said something like, ‘don’t use obscure words without explanation’.
19th century books often use quotes in Latin or Greek, and they’re useless to most modern readers without translation.
But imagine science fiction without a scientific vocabulary…

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@JonSparks He's smarter than that, as you say: "Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent"

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/politics-and-the-english-language/

It's a piece very much of its moment, but still very much worth a look. And those six rules – complete with get-out clause – still very much worth thinking about.

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@fictionable @JonSparks @bookstodon
Thank you. Now I know how I'll answer this question.

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