tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591963962547240042.post6771013885687203730..comments2023-04-10T03:20:23.344-05:00Comments on HanLeiaFanFicWriters: Your Writing StyleZyrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04860113813294303312noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591963962547240042.post-89319582005010972592011-11-09T20:44:08.370-06:002011-11-09T20:44:08.370-06:00Thank you Zyra. Lol, see dialogue is always the la...Thank you Zyra. Lol, see dialogue is always the last thing on my mind! I tend to get stuck and I have to go back and fill it in. <br /><br />First person is always a nightmare for me as well.Elivagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08444154877873416316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591963962547240042.post-78526819868348521112011-11-09T20:17:06.783-06:002011-11-09T20:17:06.783-06:00Sorry, I had to get my booty shake on, uh, I mean ...Sorry, I had to get my booty shake on, uh, I mean dance practice. =)<br /><br />I definitely agree with what everyone has said. I think it's interesting that you can copy someone else's style and come out with something entirely your own. I have read a recommendation to keep around some books that you admire the style of for inspiration.<br /><br />I also find it intriguing that you can learn to be more descriptive. I think it helps to be very wordy in your first draft. You can always cut back later.<br /><br />I actually have a hard time thinking of metaphors. My mind doesn't work that way much yet.amara zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344117896874708549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591963962547240042.post-6605446458263740372011-11-09T19:36:32.200-06:002011-11-09T19:36:32.200-06:00I definitely think your artwork is totally unique....I definitely think your artwork is totally unique. Didn't I even say that once in a comment on something you posted a long time ago? So you know I really mean it, because it was unprompted :) It's funny too that you say you love describing settings because I HATE that! I mean I hate writing them myself, not reading them. I often leave it out entirely until later I realize that the reader will have no idea what the setting looks like if I don't tell them. And then I proceed to do a crappy job describing it ;) I would write in all dialogue if I could, I think.<br /><br />First person is tough for me. I may have tried once or twice to use it for a Han and Leia story but it just didn't work for me.<br /><br />Your analogies are usually good. Although I do remember once or twice pointing to one paragraph that had three of them and telling you that you might want to tone them down a bit ;) It's tough though, because each of them was good!<br /><br />Good call on the writer's voice, too. Unfortunately that is another thing I'd have a really hard time trying to describe.Zyrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860113813294303312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591963962547240042.post-80534896912869016992011-11-09T19:13:43.540-06:002011-11-09T19:13:43.540-06:00I was having too much fun writing an essay...yeah ...I was having too much fun writing an essay...yeah man, woohoo.<br /><br />I think I get too flowery sometimes. One of my favorite things to do is describe a setting. If I had no self control, I'm sure all I would do is describe every speck of dust and be done. <br /><br />And I agree, picking out elements you admire in other authors is natural, in fact I'd say it's important in developing your style. That's not to say go completely out of your way to rip someone off, but in working from someone else's work, you'll find other pathways, if you get what I'm saying. Like when I was younger, I copied the hell out of some artwork, but eventually it evolved on it's own and became something entirely my own (or that's what I like to think :P).Elivagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08444154877873416316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591963962547240042.post-69783537223108062552011-11-09T18:36:07.728-06:002011-11-09T18:36:07.728-06:00Well I can't speak for everyone else, but I...Well I can't speak for everyone else, but I've been too busy with NaNoWriMo, so I haven't been here or any of my other usual online haunts as much as usual! BUT, this is a very timely topic then, since there is a lot of writing going on these days, so I'll comment as well.<br /><br />I agree with pretty much everything you said. Zyra and Push, you both definitely have different styles! But yes, that's good! Especially in the world of fanfiction, where by necessity we DO have a lot of stories that deal, at least in a broad sense, with the same characters and themes. Style and voice can make all the difference between an amazing fic (or, well, any story) and an average one.<br /><br />I also agree that the tone and style of what I'm reading at the moment creeps into whatever I'm writing. I was right in the middle of a re-read of Gone With the Wind when I wrote chapter 9 of Beyond Repair...and the fact that I still remember that so specifically probably says a lot about how OBVIOUS the influence is, at least to me as the writer. Now, chapter 9 happens to be mostly about Han and Leia, and they're having a pretty major argument, so channeling Margaret Mitchell probably wasn't totally inappropriate or anything...but at other times, when I'm reading and what I'm writing don't mesh together as well!<br /><br />Now, with my NaNo novel (in addition to not using Star Wars characters, gah!!!), I'm writing in the first person for the first time in years, first time ever for something longer than 5 pages or so! And I don't think I've got the same voice that I worked so hard to perfect in third person. Which makes me really nervous. But...it may be possible for an author to have more than one voice. I suppose a really good first-person narrative wouldn't even be the author's voice so much as the character's. And THAT'S so intimidating I don't think I could ever dream of writing for SW in the first person, from any character's POV!hikari no tsubasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04060488155757265936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591963962547240042.post-82209082914185921692011-11-09T17:21:35.965-06:002011-11-09T17:21:35.965-06:00Well, first of all I HATE it when people don't...Well, first of all I HATE it when people don't comment. I mean, seriously, me and Zyra can talk to each other any time...<br /><br />Anyway, yes, I had asked you this question and I do struggle with my 'writing style'. I did start off with a total lack of descriptions and then when trying to 'right' it, I think I went off in an entirely different direction. I guess I'm still trying to find that balance. <br /><br />I do love an analogy, but...oh, how I try not to overuse them! They are like Lay's potato chips, I can't use just one... <br /><br />I think I have proven to myself that you can change your writing style with a concerted effort if you feel you want or need to. What you can't change, or at least, can't change as easily - is your 'voice', I think. <br /><br />That being said, I love the different 'voices' that writers put forth. I think it's only natural to read somebody else's writing and then think yours doesn't measure up or needs to be changed and then perhaps try to mimic that which you admire in that person's writing. I know I've done it and I guess it's okay to a certain extent, but then you still need to let your own voice come through. <br /><br />I mean, how boring would it be if we all wrote the same and told the same stories? That would be like having a blog and the only people that commented were the two contributors...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com