things i have learned from writing
24 Nov 2023 11:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elisheva_mThe comedic elements have to be short. Giving them more detail bogs them down. Much respect for those who are able to write sustained comedic scenes.
The romance arc is able to absorb more detail. It feels unbalanced because of this. I liked it when it was only there because it's a genre requirement and it was spoof of genre conventions with a bit of healthy relationship development brushed over it. This side of it has probably been lost in the writing because of the need to keep humourous bits short.
The more I write, the more the romance arc approaches conventional and I don't want that. The genre conventions are simply being used as genre conventions rather than comedy. I can't figure out how to write in winks to the audience. I've also lost the knack of having multiple things going on at once. That was one of my favourite things in earlier writing.
At the same time, I like the more developed romance scenes I've written. I don't want to drop them or edit them down. Whatever strength they have comes from their detail.
Plot is probably able to absorb more detail. I like that there's no plot outside the romance arc, that there was chaos in the structure as well as in the events. I'm not sure how to add plot in for the non-romance characters. They're just living their lives. I like the underlying theme of familiarity within the found family, that they all know each other so well and what is surprising to us is normal for them. I doubt anyone else reading the story will realise this.
The sense of imbalance between romance and chaos/comedy is probably more to do with it being written. If it were shown as a television series, the chaos/comedy would have more screen time and impact and scenes which are a short paragraph of writing would be as long as the more developed romance arc scenes. I am at a loss for how to shift this in the writing without losing the punch of the comedy. It's at a point where I can't do it through sheer quantity.
I am shite at writing flirting. Not as dire as actually flirting myself but it's still frustrating. It might be a good way to incorporate more detail into the comedy. I'm also not good at writing the friendship elements outside of creating opportunities for boy chaos. I would like my characters and their friendships to be more rounded.
Ok, now that's out of my head and onto the page and maybe some of this might come through in the writing.
The romance arc is able to absorb more detail. It feels unbalanced because of this. I liked it when it was only there because it's a genre requirement and it was spoof of genre conventions with a bit of healthy relationship development brushed over it. This side of it has probably been lost in the writing because of the need to keep humourous bits short.
The more I write, the more the romance arc approaches conventional and I don't want that. The genre conventions are simply being used as genre conventions rather than comedy. I can't figure out how to write in winks to the audience. I've also lost the knack of having multiple things going on at once. That was one of my favourite things in earlier writing.
At the same time, I like the more developed romance scenes I've written. I don't want to drop them or edit them down. Whatever strength they have comes from their detail.
Plot is probably able to absorb more detail. I like that there's no plot outside the romance arc, that there was chaos in the structure as well as in the events. I'm not sure how to add plot in for the non-romance characters. They're just living their lives. I like the underlying theme of familiarity within the found family, that they all know each other so well and what is surprising to us is normal for them. I doubt anyone else reading the story will realise this.
The sense of imbalance between romance and chaos/comedy is probably more to do with it being written. If it were shown as a television series, the chaos/comedy would have more screen time and impact and scenes which are a short paragraph of writing would be as long as the more developed romance arc scenes. I am at a loss for how to shift this in the writing without losing the punch of the comedy. It's at a point where I can't do it through sheer quantity.
I am shite at writing flirting. Not as dire as actually flirting myself but it's still frustrating. It might be a good way to incorporate more detail into the comedy. I'm also not good at writing the friendship elements outside of creating opportunities for boy chaos. I would like my characters and their friendships to be more rounded.
Ok, now that's out of my head and onto the page and maybe some of this might come through in the writing.
