Most over used word in Trek Lit?

[wizkid]

Imzadi


What one word do you think is the most over used word in Trek Lit?

 

[Dayton Ward]

Right now? Anathema.

 

[Turtletrekker]

^

 

[David Mack]

"the" (with "a" running a close second)

 

[Christopher]

Well, it's not a single word, but the most overused phrase in modern Trek is "warp core breach."

 

[Maestro]

"Engage."

 

[The Nth Doctor]

"Star," "space," and "ship."

 

[William Leisner]

A tie between "relaunch" and "canon".


... Oh, sorry, those are the most overused words on the Trek Lit boards...

 

[Scott Pearson]

Hmmm . . . "recalibrate"?

 

[Jim Johnson]

William Leisner said:
A tie between "relaunch" and "canon".

I think you mean 'cannon.'

 

[captcalhoun]

Tezwa

 

[Sxottlan]

I don't know about over used, but a phrase I find increasingly meaningless and boring is whenever they say "shields down to.." or give damage reports.

 

[Dancing Doctor]

Captain? Or, perhaps it's "Warp (fill in the blank), Helm."

 

[Who_Trek]

Smirk

 

[TGTheodore]

Cheshire.

 

[Sci]

This is a fairly subjective thing, but there's one peice of recurring writing style that drives me nuts.

"[Character Name] smiled. '[Dialog].'"

Good God but do I hate it when I read that construct. Someone smiled and then dialog. Ack!

 

[Starfury]

"and"

 

[Christopher]

Sci said:
This is a fairly subjective thing, but there's one peice of recurring writing style that drives me nuts.

"[Character Name] smile. '[Dialog].'"

Good God but do I hate it when I read that construct. Someone smiled and then dialog. Ack!

What's wrong with that? Saying "X said" all the time is repetitive, and varying it up with synonyms like "stated," "intoned," etc. is considered by many to be poor style. Plenty of writers thus prefer to avoid dialogue markers and find other ways to indicate which character is speaking. Describing a character's action in one sentence and then writing a line of dialogue is sufficient to get across who's speaking.

Of course, I'm assuming you're using "smiled" as an example of the general pattern. If you have some problem with that word in particular, I don't know what to tell you. People smile. It happens.

 

[Sci]

Christopher said:

Sci said:
This is a fairly subjective thing, but there's one peice of recurring writing style that drives me nuts.

"[Character Name] smile. '[Dialog].'"

Good God but do I hate it when I read that construct. Someone smiled and then dialog. Ack!

What's wrong with that? Saying "X said" all the time is repetitive, and varying it up with synonyms like "stated," "intoned," etc. is considered by many to be poor style. Plenty of writers thus prefer to avoid dialogue markers and find other ways to indicate which character is speaking. Describing a character's action in one sentence and then writing a line of dialogue is sufficient to get across who's speaking.

Of course, I'm assuming you're using "smiled" as an example of the general pattern. If you have some problem with that word in particular, I don't know what to tell you. People smile. It happens.

Like I said, it's a completely subjective thing. But to me, it just brings to mind the image of someone who is speaking through a static, unmoving smile. That, and I think it's both overused and comes across as being overly-cheerful. But your mileage may certainly vary.

 

[JWolf]

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