Superpowers? Moi? I wish! Seriously, I can't think of anything. I know what comes easier to me and I know what's more difficult, so maybe I should just go with that. I find dialogue, emotions, and scenes between the love-interests the easiest and the funnest to write. They come naturally and quickly to me. But that doesn't mean they end up good so I couldn't really call that a superpower.
As to the kryptonite... sheesh- everything?! Okay, descriptions for me are hard. I don't have the patience for them when I'm reading, nor do I have the patience to write them. I write them anyway because I know they're necessary. But when I read, it's the story, the characters, the actions that capture me, not what they're wearing or what the house looks like or how pretty the sky is. That's the kind of reader I am and that's the kind of writer I am. So descriptions are something I really have to slave over so they don't totally suck.
I'd also have to say that writing the dreaded synopsis is like a trip to the guillotine. Mine for Daze and Knights totally sucks and I'm going to have to rewrite it before I do another round of queries in the new year.
What about you? Do you have Superpowers? And if so- mind sharing?
I think maybe synopsis writing is my superpower. Fortunate, really. I wish it was the actual writing!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on writing descriptions (and reading them). I'm so bad about it! My first drafts feel a lot like heads talking in empty rooms. I like writing dialogue the best. And awkward scenes. I enjoy writing those as well.
ReplyDeleteno superpowers. But I also hate description. And I write way too much dialogue.
ReplyDeleteI'm the same with description. I always have to add it in later drafts, because my first drafts are so descriptionless.
ReplyDeleteI'm torn to be honest. I think it depends on the book, to much description is well to much. As for writing it, I'm definitly stonger on character.
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel about description. I get so into the action and the pace I suddenly realise nobody but me will be able to visualise the setting. Whoops!
ReplyDeleteI'm right there with you on description--I get it in there, but sometimes my CPs will knock me upside the head and say, "I have no idea what's going on right here. Make it clearer!"
ReplyDeleteI love description. It's fun for me to think of new ways to look at things. Judging from the comments I'm unusual, but hey, that's okay. The hardest thing for me is definitely the Synopsis.
ReplyDeleteI think it's really easy for writers/women to find all their kryptonite. Don't sell yourself short. Loving to write is enough of a superpower because there are plenty of people that don't.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the synopsis and the description. Those are both things that I struggle with. I also agree that scenes with the love interests are the most fun and the easiest (for me) to write :)
ReplyDeleteHey I totally think dialogue, emotions, and love interest scenes are superpowers even if they don't always end up how you want them to! That you can get them to flow even for first drafts is impressive :)
ReplyDeleteI think we have opposite superpowers/weaknesses.
ReplyDeleteI love writing the scenes with the love interest too. Sometimes I skip ahead just to get to them! :)
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