i just don't feel like i get under the skin of the characters, you know?
Feh. That's what I was afraid people were going to say. I kind of suspected it, but I don't know how to fix it; I don't know exactly how I'm failing to engage people in the characters.
vegetariansushi and I have been IMing about this tonight, and she thinks that I don't get into the characters' heads enough, don't pull the third-person focus tight enough. That seems to mesh with what you're saying, too.
focus less on the structure & the mechanics of writing when you write and focus more on the story you're trying to tell.
Yeah, I suspect that I tend to overthink things. I just worry that if I don't give some thought to it, there'll be no...meat...to the story. No interesting metaphor, no overarching themes, nothing but two guys sounding like 13-year-old girls angsting about whether or not they're going to fuck. *laughs* Welcome to my neuroses.
i'm not saying this in a sort of "this is what you're doing wrong!"-way, i'm just trying to explain how i feel about your fic.
Don't apologize! Really, this is what I wanted, so thank you very, very much. You've helped.
i don't think i ever told you how much i loved your DIY series. so i'm taking the opportunity here. you should write more OB/EW. yes. :)
Thank you for that, too. I want to write more, but I'm kind of floundering at the moment. Feeling a little lost. Hence this post. *g*
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*kisses you soundly*
Thank you!
i just don't feel like i get under the skin of the characters, you know?
Feh. That's what I was afraid people were going to say. I kind of suspected it, but I don't know how to fix it; I don't know exactly how I'm failing to engage people in the characters.
focus less on the structure & the mechanics of writing when you write and focus more on the story you're trying to tell.
Yeah, I suspect that I tend to overthink things. I just worry that if I don't give some thought to it, there'll be no...meat...to the story. No interesting metaphor, no overarching themes, nothing but two guys sounding like 13-year-old girls angsting about whether or not they're going to fuck. *laughs* Welcome to my neuroses.
i'm not saying this in a sort of "this is what you're doing wrong!"-way, i'm just trying to explain how i feel about your fic.
Don't apologize! Really, this is what I wanted, so thank you very, very much. You've helped.
i don't think i ever told you how much i loved your DIY series. so i'm taking the opportunity here. you should write more OB/EW. yes. :)
Thank you for that, too. I want to write more, but I'm kind of floundering at the moment. Feeling a little lost. Hence this post. *g*