Comments on: Because the answer can be no http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2010/02/01/rhetorical/ Editor -- Substantive and Copyediting: Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:52:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tweets that mention Because the answer can be no « Gabrielle Edits -- Topsy.com http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2010/02/01/rhetorical/comment-page-1/#comment-6747 Tweets that mention Because the answer can be no « Gabrielle Edits -- Topsy.com Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:27:55 +0000 http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/?p=979#comment-6747 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by gabrielle_h, gabrielle_h. gabrielle_h said: New blog post is up! Have you ever wondered why we hate rhetorical questions? http://bit.ly/9qoSS6 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by gabrielle_h, gabrielle_h. gabrielle_h said: New blog post is up! Have you ever wondered why we hate rhetorical questions? http://bit.ly/9qoSS6 [...]

]]> By: Gabrielle http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2010/02/01/rhetorical/comment-page-1/#comment-6690 Gabrielle Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:17:43 +0000 http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/?p=979#comment-6690 It's true that there are agents/editors who don't mind rhetorical questions, or welcome them. It's a personal decision. My reasons for advising against them are that the people who hate them seem to be in the majority... and they seem to hate them so vehemently that unless you know where your prospective agent or submissions editor falls on the issue, it's probably not worth taking the chance. It’s true that there are agents/editors who don’t mind rhetorical questions, or welcome them. It’s a personal decision. My reasons for advising against them are that the people who hate them seem to be in the majority… and they seem to hate them so vehemently that unless you know where your prospective agent or submissions editor falls on the issue, it’s probably not worth taking the chance.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2010/02/01/rhetorical/comment-page-1/#comment-6688 Ryan Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:00:35 +0000 http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/?p=979#comment-6688 Interesting thought. This is one of those confusing areas for writers, however. At the Maui Writing Conventions (one of the bigger cons for the unpublished) they actually have seminars on how to create a hook. And they instruct you to use 'What if' as your starting point. Interesting thought. This is one of those confusing areas for writers, however. At the Maui Writing Conventions (one of the bigger cons for the unpublished) they actually have seminars on how to create a hook. And they instruct you to use ‘What if’ as your starting point.

]]> By: L. http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/2010/02/01/rhetorical/comment-page-1/#comment-6668 L. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:59:12 +0000 http://www.gabrielle-edits.com/?p=979#comment-6668 "Don’t ever leave the “Do you wonder…?” question open, when the answer could well be no… or worse." More sound advice was never said! And thanks for the link by the way. “Don’t ever leave the “Do you wonder…?” question open, when the answer could well be no… or worse.”

More sound advice was never said! And thanks for the link by the way.

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