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Purple prose: the use of over flowery or emotionally
exaggerated language to describe events, people and feelings in a work of fiction.
There are those, the ones without any romantic content to the souls, who
automatically conclude that any work of romance is necessarily composed of
purple prose. Such ignorance has long been demonstrated as erroneous by the
brilliance of writers like Jane Austen, Rosie Thomas and D.H Lawrence.
A passage of purple prose, especially for you:
‘Jason, tanned and taught muscles staining at the fine silk
of his designer shirt, poured honeyed words of love and appreciation over
Laticia’s panting form as he stroked her pulsating flesh with the tender tips
of his exploring fingers. Heavenly choirs chorused enchanting melodies in tones
of ecstasy as his roseate lips lingered on hers, raising her desire to levels
never before experienced. And the heat of a thousand flaming brands of passion
seared through her heaving loins as his strong but gentle hands slipped beneath
the…’
That’s enough of that. It’s difficult to write this stuff
unless it comes to you naturally. But you get the picture?
