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#when even at its most in depth and diligent its basically a sketch
keirametzbrassknuckles
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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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