Random fic-ish question

[redfiona99]

When writing an angsty fic, where it's very much the character's own fault that everything goes to hell, do you find yourself really not wanting to write the part where they land themselves in it?

It's just I'm in the middle of one fic where one character is about to do something stupid and is miserable, and another character, completely not knowing why he is miserable, is trying to cheer him up and is saying completely the wrong things which eventually lead to the first character doing the stupid thing and I'm there trying to write while telling the second character not to say that because he's only making the situation worse.

Meanwhile there's another fic - stuck a bit due to me always getting stuck at sex scenes - again with the drama and angst and everything going to hell, but I'm okay with writing the part where the character makes the decision that eventually leads to the misery because it's not his fault, events conspire against him.

It's all Hamlet v Guildenstern and Rozencrantz yet again. Active choice v plot grounds. I'm so much happier writing misery when the misery comes from plot requirements rather than a character causing his own misery.

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[opera142.livejournal.com]

I'm there trying to write while telling the second character not to say that because he's only making the situation worse.

Maybe I'm answering this wrong, but I think the reason I have trouble writing scenes like that is because I'm such a silly fangirl. I can't bear to have them miss clues or not say the right thing or know each others' emotions... it's hard knowing a story's outcome, sometimes.

[redfiona99.livejournal.com]

In this case it's exactly right. I'm very much like 'dude get a clue'.