You know, I've been thinking about this. Fanfic usually does come a LOT easier than realfic. In fact, I'm struggling over writing UT's chapter 11 right now, and it's KILLING me. And do you know why? Because before, I just wrote, and I didn't care about the finer points of my technique. NOW I'm sitting in front of the PC, typing, and I swear to god, the internal dialogue goes like this:
Is this too much exposition? I think it is. I should cut back on the exposition. I always write too damn much exposition. Hmm. Am I spending too much time describing Eric and Ani? I know we've seen them both from Anteros's POV, but this is Liam's POV, and it's a few chapters later to boot, and he SHOULD notice them, shouldn't he? And there's bound to be some odd little vibe he'd get off of them, because Eros isn't just one of those little throw-away gods that no one's heard of. But how much description is too much? Am I giving too much? Is it too flowery? Maybe I should cut back on the description. Especially in light of all this exposition. All the same, it's less exposition than I had in the first draft..."
And so on. Really, it's a miracle I get anything written at all.
Re: Almost as much fun as being locked out of your house!
Is this too much exposition? I think it is. I should cut back on the exposition. I always write too damn much exposition. Hmm. Am I spending too much time describing Eric and Ani? I know we've seen them both from Anteros's POV, but this is Liam's POV, and it's a few chapters later to boot, and he SHOULD notice them, shouldn't he? And there's bound to be some odd little vibe he'd get off of them, because Eros isn't just one of those little throw-away gods that no one's heard of. But how much description is too much? Am I giving too much? Is it too flowery? Maybe I should cut back on the description. Especially in light of all this exposition. All the same, it's less exposition than I had in the first draft..."
And so on. Really, it's a miracle I get anything written at all.