I've written both types. I'm an overly organic writer, I'm afraid, and let fic stew and boil in my brain for quite some time before ever tapping at the keyboard. For instance, I could say that I wrote His Body a Boat in one night, but that wouldn't account for the *five months* that I spent going over almost every single line in my head, weighing and savoring, distilling. And then the drabble format forced me to distill even more.
Even with that care and attention, I made mistakes that I've corrected as much as I could, but I'm still hyper-aware of the blemishes.
Every night I go over fic in my head before I fall asleep, rewrite and edit. 95% of this never makes it to the computer.
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I've written both types. I'm an overly organic writer, I'm afraid, and let fic stew and boil in my brain for quite some time before ever tapping at the keyboard. For instance, I could say that I wrote His Body a Boat in one night, but that wouldn't account for the *five months* that I spent going over almost every single line in my head, weighing and savoring, distilling. And then the drabble format forced me to distill even more.
Even with that care and attention, I made mistakes that I've corrected as much as I could, but I'm still hyper-aware of the blemishes.
Every night I go over fic in my head before I fall asleep, rewrite and edit. 95% of this never makes it to the computer.
I'm weird. *sigh*
Thanks for this. Once again, you give good meta.