[Flycatcher]

Rather than "[peering] at meaning by the guttering candlelight of a Standard English frozen in time," Self writes of the virtues of the "high-wattage of the living, changing language."

Fine.

If you want to write a literary work through a "living, changing language," do so.

But you don't have to entirely disregard Standard English to do it.

Gimmickry.

[Jeff Chandler]

But you don't have to entirely disregard Standard English to do it.

Elmore Leonard's view on the subject:

"If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. . . I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative. It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing. . ."