> but creative writing can lean too far into either bland or overly flowery language It's a style that can work. Patricia A. McKillip's fantasy novels are so f

> but creative writing can lean too far into either bland or overly flowery language It's a style that can work. Patricia A. McKillip's fantasy novels are so flowery that I have difficulty telling what's going on. I've never read one of her science fiction novels, but I find it hard to imagine they're written similarly.