[ SECRET POST #3462 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3462 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Writing queries

[philstar22]

This is more a question about a story idea I have. Do people like stories with tone shifts? Like, fluffy one bit and then dark?

I want to write this fic with various moments of Celebrimbor's life. Starting out in the forge with his father and grandfather, a few childhood moments, then him with Annatar, then a torture thing. Basically I want to take this idea of teaching children: his father teaching him, then him wanting to teach someone, then that child getting tortured by Sauron to try to get to Celebrimbor.

But I'm not sure how comfortable readers are with complete tone shifts in fics. I know I enjoy them when done right, but I don't know how others feel.

Re: Writing queries

[ketita]

I think that if it's done well, people like it. I usually tend to write like that - sometimes dark bits, sometimes humorous bits, sometimes darkish humor, and the responses have overall been favorable.
The issue really is pulling them off, imo. You want to use each emotion to enhance the others, rather than cause whiplash.

Re: Writing queries

[tabaqui]

Sounds like, basically, you're writing about someone's life, which can be both fluffy and dark. I would say it sounds fine, to me.