It's a Start

[ithildin]

I've written about a 1000 words of a new 'Emily' story. So far it's pretty much all dialogue. I'll go back after and 'embroider', as I call it. That seems to be the way I tend to write -- conversation first, then the descriptive stuff. I get on a roll writing dialogue to the exclusion of pretty much everything else. Does anyone else do that, or am I just weird? (yeah, there's a question!) Though, I remember reading some thread somewhere a while back, where a lot of the participants said they didn't like descriptive stuff in their fanfic. I always worry I don't put enough in. But maybe I put too much. Do you like descriptions in your fanfic? I do, to a certain extent. I don't want Anne Rice style pages and pages of description, but I do like some.

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[dejla.livejournal.com]

It depends on the scene (you knew I was going to say that, didn't you?). A lot of my scenes are people talking, so yes, I tend to get through the talk first and then go back and fill in action or description.

The scene in Ravens between Cassandra and Methos in the garden, with the rosemary and the pansies... that was all in the scene as I scribbled it down.

I believe the difference is whether I hear the scene or see it. If I see it, I see how the people are moving and where they are and what's around them. But if I hear it, then the movements and the background are a secondary thing that are frequently so vague I have to go back later and imagine what's happening.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I loved the rosemary and the pansies :)