Writing ask game for youuuu 💗🌸 what do you think is the most important part of writing? + what is your speed when writing? Hope you're having a good week so far!
Hi Rae!! My week has been very rainy and hot so far but otherwise okay! I hope you're having a good week, too. Thank you so much for swinging by with these!
What do I think is the most important part of writing? This is a tough one because I think there are a lot of important aspects of writing a good story. Character development, motivation, flow, consistency of voice... But ultimately I think it all boils down to emotion. I think however you can create emotion, whether its with strong characters that you love (or love to hate!), descriptions, prose, pacing - that's really the most important thing. I think when I can connect with a story and feel something while I'm reading it... it doesn't matter so much what the story is about or even if I like the characters. I'll care deeply if I can feel. So when I write I think I try the hardest when it comes to making sure that readers will feel some kind of emotional connection.
What is my speed when writing? Are you familiar with the tortoise and the hare? Spoiler alert - I am not the hare. There are times when I can get big chunks done at a time, but then there are other times when I spend days and days just piecing together a few paragraphs. The latest chapter of SB, for example? I wrote about 5k of that in the last 3 days, but the other 4k and change was a slow drip over like... months. It used to bother me more. Now I've sort of accepted that I write at my own pace and there's nothing wrong with that. I've tried to rush it before and I've ended up less happy with the end result. Slow and steady gets the worm or whatever. haha.















