Oh, thank you – for reading twice, too! I always hope some readers will take the time to either read slowly enough to really read each word – as I write like that, extremely slowly, choosing my words carefully, or at least considering each word in the polishing phase – or to re-read.
I’m excited by the way you compare this to a film – and don’t. I always attempt at a vivid, moving image (just as my Remus, artist in magical painting, does), but my writing must be far from what magnetic_pole (here (http://magnetic-pole.livejournal.com/62105.html)) calls cinematic fanfic technique. Can you tell me whether you feel (almost like) you are watching Remus in Sirius’s flat, or seeing what Remus sees, sharing his mind?
This is my first (seasonal) gift fic (and I’ve declared – in a list of how to know you’re reading a fic by PaulaMcG – that I never write birthday fics or anything to order). I can confess that I felt accomplished when I had (not only avoided contradicting my other fanfic, but) actually managed to respond to a prompt by writing a piece which was, in my view, a meaningful part in the extensive story of my Remus’s life. Perhaps a long fic is not always bigger than a short one. Still, I’ve said this gift is small and humble, and it’s heartwarming to hear that you’ve found it meaningful.
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Date: 2007-12-14 07:31 pm (UTC)I’m excited by the way you compare this to a film – and don’t. I always attempt at a vivid, moving image (just as my Remus, artist in magical painting, does), but my writing must be far from what
This is my first (seasonal) gift fic (and I’ve declared – in a list of how to know you’re reading a fic by PaulaMcG – that I never write birthday fics or anything to order). I can confess that I felt accomplished when I had (not only avoided contradicting my other fanfic, but) actually managed to respond to a prompt by writing a piece which was, in my view, a meaningful part in the extensive story of my Remus’s life. Perhaps a long fic is not always bigger than a short one. Still, I’ve said this gift is small and humble, and it’s heartwarming to hear that you’ve found it meaningful.