I don't know any of the background for this, never having ventured into this fandom, but your writing just keeps getting better and better--clean and evocative, which makes it a draw to read. I especially liked how Fred's "I needed to go somewhere without so many buildings" segued so nicely into "Dry grass had crackled around her as she walked, seeds stuck to her jeans. Tiny lizards and snakes scrambled and slithered away from her feet. In the late afternoon she'd wandered up a dry creek-bed and through scrubby gray trees..."
This is a point I've been thnking about recently: that writing fic enables us satisfy our creative urges on the spur of the moment, without having to take the time to build up a whole universe, situation and characters. It's like being able to walk out into a world and take interesting snapshots rather than having to create the entire setting and then venture out into it with the camera.
Unfortunately, it also means that those outside the fandom(s) we write in are for the most part left out of the loop if they try to read our stuff, not having any of the requisite background. Too bad, because there are any number of real gems to be found within fic.
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Date: 2006-01-05 10:53 pm (UTC)This is a point I've been thnking about recently: that writing fic enables us satisfy our creative urges on the spur of the moment, without having to take the time to build up a whole universe, situation and characters. It's like being able to walk out into a world and take interesting snapshots rather than having to create the entire setting and then venture out into it with the camera.
Unfortunately, it also means that those outside the fandom(s) we write in are for the most part left out of the loop if they try to read our stuff, not having any of the requisite background. Too bad, because there are any number of real gems to be found within fic.