Leonard Michaels: "Terkadang bahasa menghalangi perasaan cerita. Pemba...

"Terkadang bahasa menghalangi perasaan cerita. Pembaca menemukan dirinya mengalami bahasa cerita daripada cerita. Kata-kata duduk di sana di halaman seperti koin, dengan opacity mereka sendiri, seolah-olah mereka ada di sana untuk kepentingan mereka sendiri. "Seorang pria masuk ke bilik telepon, mengaduk koin di telapak tangannya." "Mengaduk" adalah kata yang dipilih dengan jelas. Anda dapat merasakan penulis mencari kata saat dia duduk di mesin tik."

--- Leonard Michaels

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than the story. The words sit there on the page like coins, with their own opacity, as though they're there for their own sake. "A man goes into a phone booth, stirring coins in his palm." "Stirring" is such an obviously selected word. You can feel the writer looking for the word as he sat at the typewriter.