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posted by [personal profile] stunt_muppet at 03:15am on 21/10/2019
Aw, thank you - especially for the last part. I'm grateful for the reminder that it's still good to write even if it doesn't all go in the final product. Otherwise how will I know what works?

I really enjoy *writing* the florid dramatic prose - one thing that I've started doing is keeping a file where I can write random sentences that are too overwrought to go in an actual story - but if I want to strike any other tone in a fic then that kind of prose has to get dialed back, especially if it's supposed to be from the same POV character. Plus, the fact that I find it so fun means I get really worried that even when I tgink it sounds good it actually doesn't and will sound maudlin and weird to everyone else.
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posted by [personal profile] enemyofperfect at 03:29am on 21/10/2019
Oh wow, so much sympathy on worrying that the more dramatic stuff might actually be too much. These days when I'm writing, sometimes I really struggle with putting any emotion or color on the page, and a big part of that is the fear of going overboard I seem to have internalized somewhere along the way.

But it's so great that you have a file for any sentences that don't seem to fit! I tend to do that with snippets I end up cutting, too -- it helps to know they have a home somewhere, even if they don't fit in what I'm working on. And it's good to have fun with things sometimes!
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