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27 January 2015 03:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
norwoodSo, having trouble already keeping up with this writing schedule... I may have to rethink my distribution of what to do which days. Maybe spread things out more, I'm not sure yet.
But, currently working on editing some poor, poor old chapters of my flagship DAII fic, Bonds of Blood, and it's amazing to me just how incredibly I've progressed with my writing from when I started it--just two and a half years ago!
I'm so much more cognizant and aware of at least some of my writing ticks--not necessarily catching myself while writing (though that does happen), but more recognizing them in the editing process and then writing differently, around the ticks to say the same thing only better (or sometimes rewording/writing the tick changes what happens subtly for the better). That, in of itself, has made my writing more evocative, I feel. I have also become more aware of my sentence structures, being even more precise and intentional with word choices and context and clarity. I've really started to push my descriptions beyond what they were to be more visceral, more suited, just… more.
And also realized holy shit am I heavy handed with foreshadowing--I can write pretty damn awesome ominous statements, yes, but wow definitely don't need that many. And certainly not so soon, gracious.
I am slowly learning and coming to terms with the fact that I can draw things out, I can linger and take my time and dwell a little longer. Pacing has always been difficult for me, in my mind, and it's a comtinuous learning process to get better and better at it. And not be afraid of it.
But, currently working on editing some poor, poor old chapters of my flagship DAII fic, Bonds of Blood, and it's amazing to me just how incredibly I've progressed with my writing from when I started it--just two and a half years ago!
I'm so much more cognizant and aware of at least some of my writing ticks--not necessarily catching myself while writing (though that does happen), but more recognizing them in the editing process and then writing differently, around the ticks to say the same thing only better (or sometimes rewording/writing the tick changes what happens subtly for the better). That, in of itself, has made my writing more evocative, I feel. I have also become more aware of my sentence structures, being even more precise and intentional with word choices and context and clarity. I've really started to push my descriptions beyond what they were to be more visceral, more suited, just… more.
And also realized holy shit am I heavy handed with foreshadowing--I can write pretty damn awesome ominous statements, yes, but wow definitely don't need that many. And certainly not so soon, gracious.
I am slowly learning and coming to terms with the fact that I can draw things out, I can linger and take my time and dwell a little longer. Pacing has always been difficult for me, in my mind, and it's a comtinuous learning process to get better and better at it. And not be afraid of it.