#for me short-form fiction is almost like writing a haiku. you're expressing one perfect concept. there's a thesis to it.

[losersroom]

that post that's like "short fic and longer-form fiction are completely different skill sets" is so real. i've finally gotten to a point where i feel pretty confident in my ability to write a snappy, decently-paced short to mid-length fic that will be interesting enough to hold people's attention but above like 40k words i'm just like. is this boring. is it going on for too long. i am already SPEEDING through many things and yet we are still talking about the events of the same calendar month. how slow a burn is too slow. am i repeating myself. are people in this sports-based fandom going to sit through all the sports talk to get to the parts where they kiss???

i have never actually. completed a novel-length anything, though i have tried to many times. the structure of this thing is intimidating. the hubris of asking people to read over 100 pages of something that came out of my brain!