i've said it before and i'll say it again:

[lirazel]

You know what is hard?

Plot is hard.

Characters are easy and setting is super easy and big! emotional! moments! and awesome tiny details are easy, but the actual this-happens-and-then-this-happens is haaaaaaaaaaaaard. FANFICTION, YOU AND YOUR LOVELY ONE-SHOTS HAVE RUINED ME.

This...has been a post.

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Re: Plot-Schmot

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

I can't tell you how many times I've not finished a fic I've posted. It's one of the reasons I don't even attempt longer fics now--beyond two or three chapters, I know I'll never finish it. Such a problem! So I feel your pain.

I LOVED writing all the dialogue and trying to get the characters right. I loved all the internal monologues, and expressing feelings and showing the relationships between everyone, and having telling little details like body language and facial expressions. THAT was fun

These are the things I love so much as well!

But other people make it look so easy!!

I know! I wish I could hate them! I will take the 101 class with you. *sigh*