One Wank After Another

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A blank assignment is a funny thing, isn't it? When you have it, you don't appreciate it, and when you miss it, it's gone.

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Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

-1 this just for the sake of data. It depends on the fic and feeling of the story but this kind of little detail brings the fic to life for me in a gift and I appreciate having it, while not having it can often feel weirdly empty and sterile.

On the writing side, I find that including off-the-cuff trivial details involving the environment or background characters, and having focal characters react to them (or having conversations spring up around it), can take the fic interesting places that wouldn't have occurred to me otherwise.

Re: Unpopular Opinion Time

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Also, it often feels right for the main characters to refer to other people in their lives. If I’m writing about A and B meeting up for drinks and the scene is going to end in a deep confession of love, it still might make sense for it to begin with “small talk” where A mentions a that he saw a mutual friend C the other day, or complains about a coworker who is making his life difficult. That gives B something to react to with concern, and the conversation can go from there.