I fucking hate similes. I've never come across a simile that I couldn't imagine reading in an elementary school book report. Is there a worse literary device? No.
>>7403280
If there were no similes, encyclopedias and dictionaries would be the only books.
>>7403305
But you can write a book without similes and it would not neccessarily be an encyclopedia. Metaphors are not similes and are way more likeable, although they don't fulfil the same purpose.
>>7403661
Similes are necessary to have a coherent story. If everyone and everything was described solely as being it, instead of being similar to it, how would you know what is actually being talked about? There would be no line between metaphoric description and real description.
>>7403769
wrong
>>7403866
right
>>7403880
left
>>7403889
sideways
>>7403890
you do the honky tonky
OP is like a faggot
This thread is like cancer.
>>7403280
It's like duh.
OP, wiping the semen from his face, clicked "Post" like a massive faggot.
I like smilies anon. They convey the feeling of being happy
>>7403280
>not loving the fuck out of epic similes
Pleb detected
>>7404074
I, like smiles, convey the feeling of being happy
>>7405036
You're missing a stop to that sentence ; have one . .
>>7403769
well thats just not true at all
>>7405046
He doesn't need one
>>7405096
You are right Periods are for women
>>7403769
I have published half a dozen short stories and only used one similie. similies sound dumb to me and i find them awkward to write. if you're writing a first person confessional diary entry then go for your life, but in most writing, especially third person objective narration, you don't need them.
>>7403280
meaning is deferred, OP. read derrida. similes are /lit/eology.
