No, with respect, I mean self-flagellation. It’s like beating off one’s own ego in the sense of masturbation, not performing oral on one’s self in auto-fellatio.
I get what you mean about repetition, and again, I agree with the sentiment (I live in the southern United States; I’m steeped to the point of drowning in stupid Republicans,) but after a handful of paragraphs of repetition, it doesn’t have as much impact. Less is more IMO
I really do understand, but don’t you see what I’m getting at? Don’t let unbridled emotion show through repetition to the point of redundancy. It drains the emphasis. Lean on your lexicon, use a thesaurus, as Muhammad Ali would say, rope-a-dope.
No, with respect, I mean self-flagellation. It’s like beating off one’s own ego in the sense of masturbation, not performing oral on one’s self in auto-fellatio.
I get what you mean about repetition, and again, I agree with the sentiment (I live in the southern United States; I’m steeped to the point of drowning in stupid Republicans,) but after a handful of paragraphs of repetition, it doesn’t have as much impact. Less is more IMO
I really do understand, but don’t you see what I’m getting at? Don’t let unbridled emotion show through repetition to the point of redundancy. It drains the emphasis. Lean on your lexicon, use a thesaurus, as Muhammad Ali would say, rope-a-dope.
“Self-flagellation” means whipping yourself in penance.