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[chickenpattysan]

I've been frustrated by the story I've been writing. I feel like there's this bottleneck from my brain to the page. I feel that way right now, too, trying to write this entry. So many ideas and no words to express them adequately. One issue I've been having is how to convey pain

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[dragonspell]

I understand what you mean. It's so incredibly hard to find the words. And what details do you include? Will "this" really bring home the situation? Would it be too much?

And pain is so hard to focus on, because you have to just LIVE in that moment and who wants to go through that?

[luxken27]

This is what I'm talking about when I say I have to be in the right "emotional state" to write certain sections or pieces of fic. I feel like I have to at least get close to whatever the character is going through in order for it to feel authentic, to the reader.

Of course, I also tend to use my writing as therapy, which sometimes disastrous results :P

[funkycanuck]

But if your reader loves your character, she'll feel concern for him whether your description is flowery or not.

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