Sunday No Snippet

[forestofglory]

I finished a draft of the fic I posted a snippet of last week, but its so short that there's not really a good new snippet to share.

But I like posting on Sunday to muse about writing so here are some things I've been thinking about. I've love to hear any thoughts you might have on these matters.

What makes prose good? Like on the sentence level? I've become more aware of the prose in the fic that I read since I started writing it. I've noticed that I like some of it better, and find some of it easier to read, but I can't really identify what traits make me enjoy prose.

I've been thinking about the difference between writing non-fiction and fiction and they are actually surprisingly similar, which confuses me. One thing that is different though is that I have to think lot harder about how much to say between the words. With non-fiction i have learned that if I haven't said something in so many words people won't know that I thought it. But with fic its harder. For example in fic form close third POV sometimes have very clear ideas exactly what the other characters are thinking but of course I can't just come out and say it.

I guess that's food for thought.

Comments

[cranky_x_crocus]

I'm still slowly catching up but so far I've seen two friends shooting for the Sunday Six, which is already inspiring enough! Sunday as a writing check-in day is inspired.

Absolutely! A lot comes from varying sentence length, too - between that & words chosen, it goes a long way toward creating character/narrative voice (& differences between the two!) and allowing different character voices. Good luck/have fun! Hope I'm on the writing train again myself soon. ^+^