{ ten ways }

[delga]

1. There is obviously no discernable chronology. In fact, in all likelihood, I have deliberately frakked up the chronology.

2. It’s either dead short or stupidly long. There is rarely middle ground.

3. FLATLANDER! I mean: don’t go looking for place descriptions. I suck at those.

4. It’s angst. I don’t swerve towards the happy so much. Even if there’s a somewhat happy ending it’s probably layered with angst.

5. It probably has femslash or an OC in it; if not, it sticks rigidly to canon. Paradoxically, in the case of Hard Liquor, all three apply. Yeh, work that one out.

a) If there is an OC she borders on Mary Sue. She is probably alone, has some issue with God, some issue with her female parentage, and is moody/dangerous. I think all my OCs are essentially the same person. It’s dumb and poor writing.

6. It’s written in short sharp bursts, and half of it is more than likely a parenthetical aside. They are my crack, yo. Sentences, thus, often span entire paragraphs.

7. The action, as a result, never ever takes place in one location or time.

8. It uses constructed metaphors. Normally these constructed metaphors involve water. I don’t even know what that’s all about.

9. Original fic will be in third person and will never use names.

10. There are definitely repeated themes and phrases. Because it’s not chronological, and because I often forget my ideas whilst I’m writing them, there are certain recurring patterns of thought. This way it’s a little easier to read. Also, repetition is so key to everything I have ever written, ever. Because I rarely have anything new to say.