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Re: itt: strengths and weaknesses

[(Anonymous)]

i think it's too "little" in the sense that the sentences aren't doing enough of what they need to do. like how every sentence you write should serve more than one function, description should be setting scene but also developing character and providing exposition all at the same time. and really that's what great prose is, having one single line function on all different levels.

rn the actions in my fic are just...actions. it could be that they aren't the right actions, i suppose.

Re: itt: strengths and weaknesses

[(Anonymous)]

i've always kind of approached it with the idea that actions should speak for themselves. you shouldn't have to rely on descriptors or metaphor to convey emotion. which doesn't mean that there aren't right words and wrong words to use, or that you shouldn't try to do more with your sentences beyond laying out actions... just that good writing is as much about the what as it is about the how.

obviously.

but my prose is so icy it sometimes sounds like it was written like a robot, so my thoughts on the subject should probably be taken with a grain of salt.