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die french

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Kisses

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korrasami + caitvi

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Myrna Loy, 1933

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A lot of fiction these days reads as if—as I saw Peter Raleigh put it the other day, and as I’ve discussed it before—the author is trying to describe a video playing in their mind. Often there is little or no interiority. Scenes play out in “real time” without summary. First-person POV stories describe things the character can’t see, but a distant camera could. There’s an overemphasis on characters’ outfits and facial expressions, including my personal pet peeve: the “reaction shot round-up” in which we get a description of every character’s reaction to something as if a camera was cutting between sitcom actors.

When I talk with other creative writing professors, we all seem to agree that interiority is disappearing. Even in first-person POV stories, younger writers often skip describing their character’s hopes, dreams, fears, thoughts, memories, or reactions. This trend is hardly limited to young writers though. I was speaking to an editor yesterday who agreed interiority has largely vanished from commercial fiction, and I think you increasingly notice its absence even in works shelved as “literary fiction.” When interiority does appear on the page, it is often brief and redundant with the dialogue and action. All of this is a great shame. Interiority is perhaps the prime example of an advantage prose as a medium holds over other artforms.

fascinated by this article, "Turning Off the TV in Your Mind," about the influences of visual narratives on writing prose narratives. i def notice the two things i excerpted above in fanfic, which i guess makes even more sense as most of the fic i read is for tv and film. i will also be thinking about its discussion of time in prose - i think that's something i often struggle with and i will try to be more conscious of the differences between screen and page next time i'm writing.

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I've looked at it from every angle guys. It should have been.

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if I'm playing Ciri, I better be able to sleep with as many women as her old man, okay

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Musician: Jesse Welles

Posted 11Dec2024

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🎄🎄🎄

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After a misunderstanding at a party, the whole school seems to think Veronica and Heather are dating. They resolve to ignore the rumors. After all, that would never happen, right?

A chansaw fake dating AU

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Myrna Loy in The Thin Man (1934)

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“Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth were originally cast as Glinda’s parents in the movie”

im sorry, WHAT-

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This is a KILLER Maura outfit. 🔥🔥🔥

She looks so fucking cool...

30 loops and I still haven't looked at Jane.

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I AM BACK

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in my work of fanfiction i am going to hold the villain responsible for their actions by making them have sex with the person they tried to kill, which will effectively address all the relevant moral issues by being hot.

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I'm showing up to the party 7 years late bringing fanfic.

A simple misunderstanding at a party leads to fake dating shenanigans for Heather and Veronica

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Well I'm 9k words in and they've just decided to (fake) date, so I guess this is happening.

Might be rising from the dead for a dead fandom

If I wrote a Chansaw fake dating au, would anyone read it?