God no.
Sometimes I think: "I'd have written that differently" but that's not the same thing.
More often I think: "Really like the way they've done that" and then try and deconstruct it, so I can add it to my own options in future.
Sometimes I think: "I'd have written that differently" but that's not the same thing.
More often I think: "Really like the way they've done that" and then try and deconstruct it, so I can add it to my own options in future.
https://twitter.com/realeverywriter/status/1450899844604776458
Example: I've been on a MASSIVE Becky Chambers binge lately, because I think the way she makes you see characters in your head WITHOUT EVER REALLY DESCRIBING THEM is brilliant.
You think she's described them. She mostly hasn't. She implies and let's you build your own version.
You think she's described them. She mostly hasn't. She implies and let's you build your own version.
Once I spotted that's what she does, I realised how fucking brilliant it is. It totally hands over the power to the reader to see the characters mostly how they'd like them to be, but still leaves them feeling like they're on a narrative journey she's created.
it's amazing.
it's amazing.
She creates a minimum framework for how they look, only sketching in the bits important for the actual plot, then gives the freedom to the reader.
I love that. I think it's amazing. I want to do it myself going forward.
That's what I get from reading other writers.
I love that. I think it's amazing. I want to do it myself going forward.
That's what I get from reading other writers.
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