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keirametzbrassknuckles · 9 months

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I do think it's funny though that writing isn't really thought of as something that has "sketches" or "warmups". You're either writing a completely fleshed out original story or you're failing at being a writer.

#i have so many thoughts about this actually but its 1am and i need to be up at 7 and ive had a few beers and i am not able to adress them #atm #something something the push for fic to be recognized as a legitimate form of the craft #when even at its most in depth and diligent its basically a sketch #and sometimes its just original fiction with a crutch #which is almost worse #tracing and borrowing gesture is how visual artists learn to model the figures they want #copying and living into those same gestures is how writers learn to write #and idk why that isnt acknowledged or respected #visual arts students have for years suffered through being made to copy ~The Canon~#and like...isn't that what fic is? just sub blorbo from my shows for Girl With A Pearl Earring #but also i think looking at fic as anything more than either a copy or a practice is a disservice in both directions:#to the fic and to you as the author #idk...

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