Dylan
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Fair point, feedback can be helpful but also overwhelming. For creativity, I just go with whatever sparks inspiration, even if it’s random. Sometimes less fixing, more creating is the way to go.
Yeah i agree but I want to get as much experimenting at beginning before I start so I like asking for best adviceFair point, feedback can be helpful but also overwhelming. For creativity, I just go with whatever sparks inspiration, even if it’s random. Sometimes less fixing, more creating is the way to go.
That’s the sneaky magic of reading as a writer, you start noticing the craft behind the enjoyment. Cherryh’s technique of blending sensory details with character reactions and worldbuilding is such a smooth way to keep description engaging. Even if you don’t consciously use it, it’ll probably seep into your writing naturally. Learning without trying win-win!I read for enjoyment. But the more I have been writing, the more I have been noticing certain techniques. For example, I'm reading Foreigner right now. There's a passage where she describes a ride into the countryside and she describes smells, sights, and sounds, each in a separate set of paragraphs. She works in the MC's reaction to these, puzzling over them and reacting to them, so that we also learn something about the alien civilization along with the setting itself. I noticed it because I thought it a good way to approach the challenge of including multiple senses in a descriptive passage.
Had she merely have done the sensory impressions, it would have been tedious. But she uses it as a way to expand on the MC and on the world itself. I noticed this. Maybe I'll use it, maybe not, and maybe it will inform my writing in some subconscious way. But as a way to "learn"?
Nah.
One can only hope (I'm really enjoying her writing, though she does tend to hit the same nail a bit too long sometimes. What I do notice is that I'm comparing her handling of certain things with how it gets handled on, say, a TV show or a movie. Witnessing elegance tends to highlight inelegance elsewhere.That’s the sneaky magic of reading as a writer, you start noticing the craft behind the enjoyment. Cherryh’s technique of blending sensory details with character reactions and worldbuilding is such a smooth way to keep description engaging. Even if you don’t consciously use it, it’ll probably seep into your writing naturally. Learning without trying win-win!