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([personal profile] starrylizard Mar. 29th, 2006 01:50 pm)






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Hee! I've had comments to this effect. What do you guys think? Course I don't write very much, so you may have no idea, which is fine.
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From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Hee! I have a feeling you were the one to point it out once before. hehe. I've been trying to add more dialog since then, but I don't think it makes much difference. I appears that I just like describing things. :p

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I might've. Honestly don't remember.

I appears that I just like describing things.

That it does. :P While I'm the complete opposite.

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I'd like to learn how to desribe though. And I typically mean settings and actions when I say that.
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From: [personal profile] lark_ascends


I'm sorry, but looking at the story I just betaed, that was more description than dialogue. Yes, it was sparse description, but it was description. There is sparse description that looks like so much more and sparse description that is just sparse...yours always looks like so much more.

From: [identity profile] heylittleriver.livejournal.com


Okay, okay. :P I admit that did have a bit of description in it. (Not so much setting, though.)

But I guess I feel it's different because it's 2nd person which is almost a dialogue style of writing.


And... actually, there's question I have to ask about a comment you made. Emailing you! :)
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Yeah, it is almost a dialogue style of writing, but it's not quite. And I'm not so much into the "her dress was red, her hair golden" style of description anyway.

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


her dress was red, her hair golden??
What style is that and please tell me I don't use it, because it sounds nasty. *blinks*
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I just meant that I'm never going to write what colour anybody's eyes are (unless it serves a purpose) or what they're wearing, etc., and that sort of description isn't necessarily necessary.

No, you don't use that description.

Some people seem to think that writing fic means you *need* to put in that sort of description, when we all know what the characters look like. Sometimes it's useful, but sometimes not. Like, yes, on the planet that our characters are going to, it's useful to describe what the planet is like...just as long as we don't spend like three paragraphs doing it. Because people will just skip that.

And, man, I love that icon.

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Hee, I love it too. It comes in handy quite alot more often than I would have imagined too. Gotta love those Asgard and Hermiod swears all the time, which cracks me up.

Hee, I have so described eye colour at least once...in 'memory in a touch' and I had so much trouble deciding what colour Shep's eyes were that I've never done it again.

...but it was necessary and I totally get what you mean. *grins*

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Hee hee! I was just thinking, it would be terribly amusing for you to write a dialog only thing and have me add the actions and descriptions. (Then we could swap and it could be a challenge.) :p
Just a crazy thought.

From: [identity profile] heylittleriver.livejournal.com


Ooooh. Now that would be cool. ...I have holidays in a week and a half too!

Also, keep an eye on my journal/your f-list. There may be something appearing tonight. :P

From: [identity profile] starrylizard.livejournal.com


Wheeee! I got my fic. *hugs*
Guess what ship (...sort of ship, maybe friendship)...I wrote tonight. You and Sakuracorr will love me, maybe if I can bring myself to post it when I read it again in the morning and see if a beta believes it isn't a load of pompous tripe. :p (I have such belief in my fic writing abilities :P)

Anyhoo, bed time.
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