I write too much longfic. AMA

DISCLAIMER THAT YMMV AND MY EXPERIENCES ARE NOT UNIVERSAL

I don’t claim particular expertise or authority on writing longform fiction, but it is factually true I have spent a lot of my one wild and precious life on it. I like to talk about it because I find it fun and exciting, and I know it’s something a lot of people express intimidation about, which is something I also used to feel (and sometimes still do, sometimes starting a new longfic project feels like a criminal sentence.) I felt like yakking about it, so I asked if any folks I know on Mastodon had AMA-style questions for me on the subject. A couple people did, and I… wrote like 4k about it. The curse. Of being longwinded.

There will be a lot of generalizing, personal opinion, etc below, and no writing advice works for everyone. If you read something and you’re like “wtf I totally disagree” that’s cool! I’m talking about me~

( and now I will go to CostCo )