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Resisting the long-fic temptation (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Does anyone else have to resist the urge to turn every idea they have for a story/setting into a long-fic? Do you succeed & if you do, how?

When I started writing fanfic last year, I very foolishly allowed my teeny little idea to balloon into a series of 2 stories that's now 50-odd chapters & will probably be another dozen before I'm finished with it. I didn't mean to, the damn thing just got away from me!
In the meantime, I've started drafting an outline for a 3rd story in the series that I really want to write (must finish story #2 first!), I've written another multi-chapter story (having 1 on the go simply isn't good enough). Oh & I've written 1 single solitary one-shot (that I am half-tempted to add a sequel to just for the hell of it).

It's like not wanting to see your favourite TV show end even though you know it peaked 3 seasons back & it's all downhill from here. Halp! 🫠

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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~