I think I just realized part of why I’m struggling to write short oneshots these days. It’s that little voice at the back of my head going “show don’t tell.”

I just opened my file for my accidental Monthly Rumbelling fic and there was a couple of paragraphs I wrote the other day, that I didn’t count because they were just summarizing what happened. I realized after I’d written them that sucked, and so I thought “I’ll go back and write that scene properly” but because I do that, short oneshots generally explode.

This is how Fall All Over Again gained an extra two chapters before the scene that was supposed to be for November’s Monthly Rumbelling, and why subsequently I didn’t post that until this past Tuesday. I think it made for a better story (she says hopefully) but it means it takes a lot longer to finish anything. On the other hand perhaps it’s a case of “being careful what you wish for” as I’ve always written short and wanted to write long, so haha jokes on me – seems can’t do both 🙂