I actually hate Victor Hudson a lot at this point. He's been obstinately impossible to write the POV of, which is why it may seem vaguely half-baked. Honestly, I seem to be writing that sentence a lot lately, in connection with the newest (and last!) batch of Side Stories. This is probably because I wrote all the particularly dynamic and engaging ones first-Kim, Cassidy, Jae, Makoro, etc. This is, however, the nature of the Side Stories-they're explicitly because all characters aren't going to write themselves, but I need to be able to write them all well.
Therefore, I sort of hacked this one-the entire intro is a summary of the composition of a UTF Battlegroup, which, while I find cool, is extremely Tell-y, to use some writer jargon. For those not familiar, there's a 'rule' of writing (as much as anything related to this craft can be a rule!) called 'Show, Don't Tell'. Essentially, what this means is that, in general, it's better to show your reader something naturally over the course of your writing than to straight up tell them. Like many new writers, I have a relatively Tell-y style, which is badish. However, at least in this one, specific instance, I did it to bribe myself into actually finishing the story.
That's one of the things I've learned about deadlines in general, and serials in particular. Deadlines are a stick. Something else has to be the carrot.
Therefore, I sort of hacked this one-the entire intro is a summary of the composition of a UTF Battlegroup, which, while I find cool, is extremely Tell-y, to use some writer jargon. For those not familiar, there's a 'rule' of writing (as much as anything related to this craft can be a rule!) called 'Show, Don't Tell'. Essentially, what this means is that, in general, it's better to show your reader something naturally over the course of your writing than to straight up tell them. Like many new writers, I have a relatively Tell-y style, which is badish. However, at least in this one, specific instance, I did it to bribe myself into actually finishing the story.
That's one of the things I've learned about deadlines in general, and serials in particular. Deadlines are a stick. Something else has to be the carrot.
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