tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943017777365397707.post8200727184352300092..comments2023-08-14T06:28:49.914-07:00Comments on Wicked Julia's Rants and Raves: Shut Up And Let Me Tell You A StoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943017777365397707.post-25073410213245309262012-06-03T14:02:38.419-07:002012-06-03T14:02:38.419-07:00I'm okay with delicious remixes and cleaver re...I'm okay with delicious remixes and cleaver reimaginings, but ya, boring bites. I'm working on an old project just unearthed (I'm new at writing fiction, so it will probably suck LOL) and my biggest problem is finding that heart of the 'world'. Its all plot and no heart...not so good. I read a post somewhere that encourages writer to write the feeling and not just the plot. Maybe that's what I should do. =DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134232859221845812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5943017777365397707.post-33447752049531937682012-06-03T11:37:08.163-07:002012-06-03T11:37:08.163-07:00Oh, so you mean it was bad smut fan-fiction night?...Oh, so you mean it was bad smut fan-fiction night?<br /><br />As an author, I hate that shit. Really. I don't know how you put up with it. Having said that, there is a difference between having good description and building the framework and going on too much/making it boring. I'm sure you weren't the latter and that this kid was just impatient. This is one of the things that really irks me as a writer -- both the bad fantasy/fiction and the forcing (you) the storyteller into a niche that isn't how your stories work.<br /><br />Anecdote time.<br /><br />I know a group of authors who critique one another. They all try to make each other sound the same. Elaborate and lavish description, specific keywords to appeal the THEIR tastes. They tried to do it to me and at first, I thought okay, maybe this makes sense. Then I realized that no, I have my own voice, I will write my way, not in your overwrought bullshit Tolkien-wannabe style. I'm sorry, it doesn't work. 300 pages of description with no story is boring.<br /><br />Anyway, sorry you had to succumb to his fantasies and compromise your art.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121711342344778493noreply@blogger.com