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Meme: What do you find _______ about writing?
Hardest? Describing emotions. Blame my repressed Southern Baptist upbringing, or my innate introversion. Writing what a character does under pressure or extreme emotional stress isn't all that difficult, but putting an emotional state into words is difficult without risking straying into florid, overblown language--which would be awful.
Easiest? Dialogue. I often write scenes as nothing but dialogue (and just enough "stage direction" to make it understandable) then go back and add internalizations and descriptions.
Most fun? Combining characters or ideas or genres in new ways and seeing what comes of it. That's one of the reasons I like crossover stories so much.
Most tedious? Trying to go "deep" into a character and describe their emotional state. Writing their reactions as a camera would capture it (externally) is easy; trying to put their feelings into words is often slow and tedious.
Coolest? Rereading a scene I've written and seeing that it really works.
Least cool? Staring at a blank screen and having ideas in mind but being unable to translate them into text.
Best? Producing something that didn't exist before. Even if its fanfic, it's a story that didn't exist before I wrote it.
Worst? Wanting to write but being unable.
starborn_scribeMeme: What do you find _______ about writing?
Hardest? Describing emotions. Blame my repressed Southern Baptist upbringing, or my innate introversion. Writing what a character does under pressure or extreme emotional stress isn't all that difficult, but putting an emotional state into words is difficult without risking straying into florid, overblown language--which would be awful.
Easiest? Dialogue. I often write scenes as nothing but dialogue (and just enough "stage direction" to make it understandable) then go back and add internalizations and descriptions.
Most fun? Combining characters or ideas or genres in new ways and seeing what comes of it. That's one of the reasons I like crossover stories so much.
Most tedious? Trying to go "deep" into a character and describe their emotional state. Writing their reactions as a camera would capture it (externally) is easy; trying to put their feelings into words is often slow and tedious.
Coolest? Rereading a scene I've written and seeing that it really works.
Least cool? Staring at a blank screen and having ideas in mind but being unable to translate them into text.
Best? Producing something that didn't exist before. Even if its fanfic, it's a story that didn't exist before I wrote it.
Worst? Wanting to write but being unable.
