Hi all,
I just want to share one of my views on writing with you. When I write in Polish, the language I know pretty well, after some time I can see whether the writing has a good "climate", as I'd call it. Every single sentence being correct from the grammar and even style points of view, the writing still may lack
something: this is what I would call the
climate. It's something deeper than just style of writing; it's something that cannot be in fact explained - it just can be felt. Without this climate the piece of writing may be just piece of rubbish and still I can't say why - I just feel it. And it has nothing to do with the topic of writing - one may write a great passage about nothing really interesting, and this might have the climate; but the passage may also be concerned with some extremely interesting topic, be written very correctly, but still lack the climate and as such would not be valuable.
Unfortunately I don't feel the same in English. I just write something and see whether or not it reads well. But I don't have this feeling of climate, or I have it just partially. What to do to start feeling it?
First, is there any term to call what I've called the
climate? And do you know this feeling? I'd be happy to learn your views on the topic, which might help me collect my own thoughts.
Thanks,
Nyggus
