The most annoying writing technique, EVER

[Alinestra Covelia]

I was reading a book where the main protagonist (who was also narrating the book) got trapped in an inescapable cell and was slowly going to suffocate and die.

He had to find a way to get out of there fast.

He did so by writing the story in the third person and escaping.

It was kinda irritating but I give the author credit for originality.

[Alex]

Yes, a very original deus ex machina...

[Buck Birdseed]

There are several works of "great" literature like this. Hjalmar Söderberg's "Doktor Glas" for instance, where the protagonist, a not-too-bright, dry, technical physician, writes his diaries in cleverly paragraphed, extremely stylised prose. I hate it, a lot of people don't mind.

[SlowwHand]

I think Prez just doesn't pay attention.
There are certainly differences between Aragorn and Frodo, or Old Wolf and Silk, for instance.

You want irritating? Read some e.e. cummings.

[Zkribbler]

i love e.e. cummings
writing words
as if
they
mean
something

[JohnT]

writing words
as if
they
mean
something

will irritate
texans
like bush
and slowwhand

(Sorry, Slow. Couldn't resist. )

[SlowwHand]

It irritates Bush, too? Learned something today.
Thanks, John.