Maybe part of your problem is that you're trying to ignore your normal style?
I was a little confusing in the entry, I think. While writing tLS I am definitely not writing in my normal style.
While writing this, I'm trying to write in my normal style, and it just isn't working...I keep sliding back to the bare-bones style, which seems boring to me in terms of richness of language. That's why I'm frustrated, because I'm actually trying to write in my own words, and somehow I keep slipping into He did this and then he did that and it's driving me crazy. ;)
I'm going to re-read Line in the Dirt/Free Man and then reread the new fic and see if it jumpstarts anything. I don't know what else to do. If it keeps going this way then I'll just finish it and resign it to Failed Experiments. heh.
Sometimes, no matter how much we try, our Muse refuses to find those extra little touches that elevate a story from good to brilliant. It's one of the realities of being a writer. Even the best writers don't produce masterpieces every time they sit at the keyboard.
*hugs* You are completely right. Those extra little touches are escaping me right now. Perhaps if I get the whole story out I'll be able to figure out how to add a few.
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Date: 2007-06-22 08:11 pm (UTC)I was a little confusing in the entry, I think. While writing tLS I am definitely not writing in my normal style.
While writing this, I'm trying to write in my normal style, and it just isn't working...I keep sliding back to the bare-bones style, which seems boring to me in terms of richness of language. That's why I'm frustrated, because I'm actually trying to write in my own words, and somehow I keep slipping into He did this and then he did that and it's driving me crazy. ;)
I'm going to re-read Line in the Dirt/Free Man and then reread the new fic and see if it jumpstarts anything. I don't know what else to do. If it keeps going this way then I'll just finish it and resign it to Failed Experiments. heh.
Sometimes, no matter how much we try, our Muse refuses to find those extra little touches that elevate a story from good to brilliant. It's one of the realities of being a writer. Even the best writers don't produce masterpieces every time they sit at the keyboard.
*hugs* You are completely right. Those extra little touches are escaping me right now. Perhaps if I get the whole story out I'll be able to figure out how to add a few.