Critting heaps of queries in the SYW QLH forums, I've noticed a common kind of voice that appears in posts there: the cutesy phrase.
Whereas the plain and direct way to say something: "the rebels wanted him dead."
turns into this kind of wink-and-double-gun phrasing "the rebels wanted him to eat bullet sandwiches for breakfast."
Has anyone else noticed this? Is this just a side effect of so many YA queries trying to achieve maximum hipness, or is this genuinely the kind of thing that attracts agents?
Whereas the plain and direct way to say something: "the rebels wanted him dead."
turns into this kind of wink-and-double-gun phrasing "the rebels wanted him to eat bullet sandwiches for breakfast."
Has anyone else noticed this? Is this just a side effect of so many YA queries trying to achieve maximum hipness, or is this genuinely the kind of thing that attracts agents?