Writing style meme

[owlmoose]

Ganked from lassarina and hinikuish.

What do you think are the "trademarks" of the fiction that I write? What type of themes or characterization notes or quirks keep on manifesting in my writing? Essentially, what do you think is a stereotypically "KJ" way of writing fic?

I have my own ideas, of course. But I'll hold them for now, since I wonder how they compare to what other people see.

Comments

Re: I

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for this thoughtful (and kind!) comment. I think you're right about the hands -- I think body language is as important to dialogue as what the people are saying, and I like to be able to "see" a conversation set in a particular time and place. So I spend some time with that. Sometimes I wonder if the pace suffers for that, so your statement to the contrary is particularly gratifying. ;)

re. writing a pure villain: Good question. I don't really know; as you noted, I haven't really tried. The thing is, no one thinks that they're a villain. No one sane wakes up in the morning and says "Hmm, I think I'll do evil today"; everyone thinks they have good intentions. Everyone is the hero of their own story, and I tend to write characters with that in mind. Interesting observation; I'll have to think on it some more.

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[kunstarniki.livejournal.com]

I agree with you that it is the rare person who decides to do evil, however I suspect there are those who do not continually weigh the consequences of actions as you and I do. I fear much evil is done thoughtlessly and out of purely selfish motives. So many people, both real and invented, consider only their own convenience and needs when choosing a path. Many of them do become villains. Take Donald Trump or Dick Cheney for a couple of examples. They may not think of themselves as villains; I doubt they think in those terms at all.

Anyway, I would greatly enjoy seeing you deal with a villain. It would be as odd as my dealing with slash. ;)