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Okay vent time
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So I& #39;ve been writing a fic trying to emulate a stream of consciousness style that attracts me. I& #39;ve seen it in popular fics and in novels, and I love the way it reads and resonates. The problem is that I& #39;ve been struggling SO much to get this thing out.
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So I& #39;ve been writing a fic trying to emulate a stream of consciousness style that attracts me. I& #39;ve seen it in popular fics and in novels, and I love the way it reads and resonates. The problem is that I& #39;ve been struggling SO much to get this thing out.
When I compare the writing pace to my previous long fic (almost 12k words) it& #39;s so much slower, more tedious, and I find myself making excuses to not write. I hate seeing myself do this. Even factoring in all the stuff I& #39;ve been going through lately, the writing process hasn& #39;t
been feeling as satisfying as previous stuff I& #39;ve written. Whereas before I& #39;d find myself overflowing with ideas to the point where I& #39;d have to write them down or risk forgetting them, I& #39;ve had to scrape material together to get anything long enough for a chapter in this new fic.
And I think I understand why. It goes beyond pushing my boundaries as a writer, or forcing myself to improve through practice/immersion; I don& #39;t trust myself as a narrator.
I have this "fear" that meaning will be lost, or I& #39;ll lose the attention/interest of my audience if
I have this "fear" that meaning will be lost, or I& #39;ll lose the attention/interest of my audience if
I dont explain things in excessive detail.
Stream of consciousness doesn& #39;t have to make sense /like that/ to make sense. It& #39;s messy, it& #39;s thoughts collaged together, it& #39;s the natural flow of the mind. But this directly conflicts with my rigid, detailed, explanatory style.
Stream of consciousness doesn& #39;t have to make sense /like that/ to make sense. It& #39;s messy, it& #39;s thoughts collaged together, it& #39;s the natural flow of the mind. But this directly conflicts with my rigid, detailed, explanatory style.
Even this thread is getting excessive because I have a tendency to become verbose when explaining instead of just trusting the minds of my audience to extract the meaning from my words.
I think this comes partly from my training as an English major in college.
I think this comes partly from my training as an English major in college.
