Mysteries of fanfic
Feb. 6th, 2010 03:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oselleDo you find that present tense is nearly ubiquitous in SPN and J2 fanfic? I can't tell you how many fics I click on that are in present tense. So much so that it's almost rare to find one written in past tense. Why is that?
Also: cryptic summaries. I don't get it. That snippet of an old folk tune, Bible verse or bit of Proust is no doubt fascinating and very meaningful for you but it doesn't tell me anything about your story. Is it really that hard to come up with a descriptive sentence or two? I'll take "Jensen pines away while Jared plans his wedding," over "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments," any day. (Note: This is a totally fictitious example, as far as I know.)
Speaking of which, where the hell are all the great fics about Jensen pining away while Jared plans his wedding? Or fics about impediments to the marriage of true minds, for that matter?
Also: cryptic summaries. I don't get it. That snippet of an old folk tune, Bible verse or bit of Proust is no doubt fascinating and very meaningful for you but it doesn't tell me anything about your story. Is it really that hard to come up with a descriptive sentence or two? I'll take "Jensen pines away while Jared plans his wedding," over "Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments," any day. (Note: This is a totally fictitious example, as far as I know.)
Speaking of which, where the hell are all the great fics about Jensen pining away while Jared plans his wedding? Or fics about impediments to the marriage of true minds, for that matter?