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I love doing character studies. Even my shipping stories tend to be more about studying one or both of the characters or diving into how friends act/react to the relationship. I love me my friendships.
Have to agree with ignoring word count. Though in my case, it's more that I can never judge how long anything might be. The only times I have ever been good with that is when I'm doing writing practice and the point is only to write X amount of words. Otherwise? Word count matters not.
Platonic relationship deep dives are great! I find it so satisfying to read stories where two characters have a platonic soulmate connection that confuses the rest.
Platonic soulmates are MY JAM! :D
Platonic soulmates is a fantastic trope! While I enjoy romance, it's not the only relationship story to tell in a series and not all close bonds are necessarily romantic. Sometimes two characters have an amazing bond, but the romantic vibe just...isn't there? And it's better for it. But also, they would do pretty much anything for one another and that is so incredibly sweet!
Exactly. I love this sort of relationship so much. I don't have the words for it most of the time. Which is weird, because often people I headcanon as platonic soulmates means their romantic relationship is a NOTP for me. Even when amazingly written. Sorry, just can't do it.
Hahaha... I tend to feel that good romances follow good friendships, so I often write stories that could be either pre-relationship or platonic soulmate (reader's choice). I think it just depends on whether the romance (or lack thereof) is significant to the plot itself.
Like I said, I enjoy romance. It's fun!
But I think romance is also sometimes substituted for "someone important to the protagonist." It becomes a sort of shorthand for that and if taken for granted the dynamic can be left pretty underdeveloped, which can be a bummer.
I feel the same about romances being something which should be built off a friendship. It means I struggle when writing about canonical crushes where the people don’t know each other well. Doesn’t make sense to me. XD
But it happens in real life all the time, so it’s a good thing to practice writing.
I think this substitution or prioritisation of romantic relationships over platonic is something that's present in a lot of narrative art. Romantic couples are seen as the most important of relationships.
It's why I love shows like Faracape where they put a lot of importance on friendships between the characters. Love in shows like this aren't just expressed romantically.
Hmmm... I don't know if I'd consider my stuff to be character studies but they're definitely not plot heavy, & I'm trying to keep my current long-fic vaguely realistic, which means nothing much extraordinary happens (as is the case for most people's real lives). I do love a good character study as a reader & as a writer, I love getting into characters' heads & trying to find their voice whether they're canon or OCs. So, yeah a good long character study will probably keep me enthralled more than a plot-heavy story of the same length.
I'll be the first to admit I'm not good at writing low word count pieces. I like crafting sentences & paragraphs so that they're pleasing to my inner ear. For me, that tends to be run-on sentences & a lot of imagery. That may not be everyone's cup of tea but I like it.
Slice of Life is an underrated genre. I love it to pieces. Probably why even my plot heavy stories have moments of it and I don’t consider it a waste of time. I read for the characters anyway.
Also run-on sentences have their place. We aren’t writing essays (though meta pieces on fandom also have a place here), we are doing creative writing. It means we can break those pesky rules~
I tend to be inspired by a snapshot moment, and I then build up a whole fic just to contextualize that instant. But sometimes when I'm too busy or too tired, a drabble works well enough to get it out of my head.