Unbound

One person says that Steinbeck is one of their favourite authors for prose, and then they share an example of what they would consider purple prose. It is so violetly awful that I think the poster must have written it themselves as a kind of parody of purple prose. Other people assumed the same.

But as it turns out, they are quoting from a book written by a YouTuber whose channel ia dedicated to talking about writing (namely, their own writing, which is genius, but often not comprehensible to the drooling plebs).

Naturally, I read the free sample of their book in awe and horror, and I'd like to share some screenshots with you. If you also have trouble defining or understanding what purple prose is, it's this.

'Noctilucent orbs'. Even fanfic written by a 14-year-old wouldn't dare.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CGbgCBrhA2M/?igshid=1d33nu52y7v80

#ARTxLIT: j. p. berame X Sir Frederic Leighton ———

to be drowsy with love— if you are the sun, let me be heavy with light, with warmth.

Female cabbie talking on a pay phone, 1940.