Haa! Every time I think about writing essays, I think of school, and how I didn't much mind writing them, but I'd never use contractions because then you could pad the word count and reach the goal faster. :D
I think comedy and angst are actually two of the most difficult categories to get right. I think it comes very natural to some, but most run into problems now and again. And I think some discussion would only help! :)
:) Oh, eep, yes, I remember doing that. I had a Big Important final essay once for which I simply couldn't think of one more thing to say, so I went through and changed all the contractions, and just scraped over the wordcount. Heh.
I think angst definitely deserves a look at, too - I think all this comes from Annerb's post recently about the angst people coming down against fluff, or vice versa, I forget the details, but I started feeling all defensive about fluff, and then realised that a) I wasn't being attacked, so I should chill the hell out, and b) I don't necessarily want to defend fluff. Comedy is a different thing to fluff, and IMO works best with elements of tragedy in it. So then I got all thinky.
Aaaaand I'm going to save this for my comedy meta, but yes to the difficulty of both. :D
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I think comedy and angst are actually two of the most difficult categories to get right. I think it comes very natural to some, but most run into problems now and again. And I think some discussion would only help! :)
I think angst definitely deserves a look at, too - I think all this comes from Annerb's post recently about the angst people coming down against fluff, or vice versa, I forget the details, but I started feeling all defensive about fluff, and then realised that a) I wasn't being attacked, so I should chill the hell out, and b) I don't necessarily want to defend fluff. Comedy is a different thing to fluff, and IMO works best with elements of tragedy in it. So then I got all thinky.
Aaaaand I'm going to save this for my comedy meta, but yes to the difficulty of both. :D