Don't Be Difficult.

[redbrunja]

Dear Kakasaku porn:

You are going to be in third person past tense.

Yep, I'm going vanilla old school. Just deal.

I'm not writing this in present tense, or in fucking second person, so just stop being annoying and get to the sexin'.

Love,
me.

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

It wants to be present tense? Hurt it.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I have been reading and writing too many short stories!

(Do you not like present tense in general? I think I remember you sayng something like that.)

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Present tense in very, very short work can work. Present tense-especially in long works-drives me up the wall. I find it extremely difficult to focus on, and it also gives the impression of the writer explaining things to the reader in very small words and phrases, even if the sentence structure actually is complex, so I often get the feeling the writer is talking down to me. It also seems to be difficult for it to convey depth and deeper characterization. Granted, this is less of an issue with fanfic, where the reader will already be familiar with most or all of the characters, but in original fiction, it can make it hard to "know" the character.

This is my polite version.

The instinctive version is "I HATE IT I HATE IT WHY DO PEOPLE WRITE LIKE THAT IT'S AN IRRITATING STYLE AND HARD TO READ KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!!!"

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Same. I like it and it can get addictive in shorter fiction, but in longer works... it rarely does.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

In all honesty, I can see it being good for fic. The style leaves more room for your personal interpretation in the fic, and imposes the author's on you less. But...I don't read much fic. (Mostly yuletide, stuff I'm recced, and short pairing and gen bits for a few things.)