[ SECRET POST #2433 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2433 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 073 secrets from Secret Submission Post #348.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Question for the hive mind.....

[(Anonymous)]

If it was a fic I'd requested about a specific pairing? I'd probably be annoyed, unless there was some interaction between them [I'm not sure if you include online stuff as 'met' or not] because I wanted to read a fic about the pairing, not "The entire story of A's life that happens to include B in there somewhere. Maybe." which is exactly what it would feel like to me.

tl;dr: Yes, because giving the entire back story of one character makes the story about that character, not about the pairing...and that's...well. That's also kind of clumsy writing.

Re: Question for the hive mind.....

[tabaqui]

Definitely not a request fic, its for a big bang. Backstory of the other character would be included, too.

Re: Question for the hive mind.....

[(Anonymous)]

I'd still say it was clumsy writing unless every single part of that back story can't be told in the actual story itself, and is absolutely crucial to the plot. Otherwise it's 10,000 words that basically have nothing to do with the rest of the story.

Please don't misunderstand - I'm not trying to be mean when I say this! I...actually really wish I could show how an author I know explained it to me once [but, sadly, I don't think I can really show you the eraser pushing, and idk how to explain it well other wise. ><]

Re: Question for the hive mind.....

[tabaqui]

And, see, that's the problem, isn't it? I don't know that inserting this stuff - which isn't five-line bits but solid paragraphs of action - into the 'current' story would be the way to go.

I don't want the story that is happening 'now' to be stalled out when we go backwards to explore the whys and hows of how this character came to be.

And, of course - as the author i say *of course*!! it's important and has everything to do with the story!! It's hard to be objective when you're immersed in your characters and their world.