A sort of self-involved meme, from
the_grynne, because I want to:
What would you say are the trademarks of my writing? What themes or quirks or turns of phrase have you noticed? What is it that makes a story by me -- well, a story by me?I don't suppose I can tell my TA that I don't have the exams ready for her because I spent yesterday wanting to thwap
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Also - if my supervisor ever used that as an excuse for TA stuff, I would laugh and laugh! Hee.
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We teachers have to keep a front up, I guess! but really, "I was busy with an internet slapfight" is tempting.
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What this results in, I think, is stories that are really good fic, in the sense that they require an attentive reader, familiar with canon, to appreciate them. But they're richer for that, more rewarding.
I also see you looking at characters from a different angle than most people do: you don't go for the standard focus in your characterizations. It's like shining a different colored light on them: brings up new facets we didn't realize were there.
Then, of course, there's your trademark spare prose, but not without the telling detail. You say a lot in a little space.
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