Kasper Hviid
Sage
I have a rough estimate of the page-length of a certain scene. I have read novels, several in fact, so I kinda know how published authors go about with this stuff. So I say to myself, "Kasper," I say, "This scene will be about fifteen pages or so."
But when I write the scene, it only takes up 1½ page.
It's not that I have this super-condensed style. More like I end up with a transcript of the scene I was really supposed to write. I have this sensation that there are words that were supposed to be there. Only, they never make it to the paper.
I guess I could be a little less heavy on the telling. And maybe stuff in some more settings for good measure. But I wonder if there's some overall flaw that I have, which results in this transcript-like writing. Because it happens all the time.
But when I write the scene, it only takes up 1½ page.
It's not that I have this super-condensed style. More like I end up with a transcript of the scene I was really supposed to write. I have this sensation that there are words that were supposed to be there. Only, they never make it to the paper.
I guess I could be a little less heavy on the telling. And maybe stuff in some more settings for good measure. But I wonder if there's some overall flaw that I have, which results in this transcript-like writing. Because it happens all the time.