part two hundred and seventeen

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[(Anonymous)]

was it baekchen

[(Anonymous)]

yeah

the porn was hot but i'm just not into the whole ~he may not be a girl, but he's better~ trope

[(Anonymous)]

mte when i read it

[(Anonymous)]

same

[(Anonymous)]

linkur juseyo

[(Anonymous)]

da the porn is okay, but just a note to the authornon pls don't use epithets

[(Anonymous)]

i feel stupid for asking but what's an epithet?

[(Anonymous)]

da same ;;

[(Anonymous)]

the blonde boy, the younger boy, the taller boy, etc

[(Anonymous)]

ohh okay. what sort of things would you put in place of those without sounding repetitive using the character's name over and over?

not my fic but i'd always like to improve as a writer :[

[(Anonymous)]

names are the best to use tbh. using pronouns can be really confusing at times with two boys but think about how you can characterize them via dialogue, gestures, etc so that they are distinct

[(Anonymous)]

sa as below and thank you for this advice!! i'll try to keep that in mind when i write from now on

[(Anonymous)]

replacement for a name when you can just use the name. you might think you're using their names too much but it's really not noticeable

[(Anonymous)]

i have a problem with that then myself but i always feel like i've used their names too much. :[

[(Anonymous)]

to me names are not noticeable. they blend into the fic and i barely register them. epithets? i notice. they pull me out of the fic. idt there's anything wrong with sticking with names

+1

[(Anonymous)]

[(Anonymous)]

da but i think it's one of those things you as an author notice more than the author. just like how varying dialogue tags isn't rly as important as some authors think and just sticking to the simple ones is fine/often better than trying too hard to vary them

[(Anonymous)]

oops *notice more than the reader

[(Anonymous)]

yes yes yes definitely. as an author you might think "oh god i used sehun's name four times in the paragraph" but no one's gonna notice that

+1

[(Anonymous)]

it's a really minor detail tbh, but epithets are awful and it makes me really annoyed lol

[(Anonymous)]

that makes sense, yeah. like i said i always just reread it and feel like i'm repeating it too much, but then again, i do see where i'm the most critical towards my own work.

i appreciate the advice!

[(Anonymous)]

da it's definitely good to notice repetition in your work, like if an author overuses a phrase that's gonna stick out but a pronoun isn't like an interesting word choice or a phrase so it's not a big deal

[(Anonymous)]

it's all about the reader's experience you want them to be able to glide through it not have to stop and think "oh which boy are they talking about?" hand it to them

[(Anonymous)]

+1 i think some fic writers take this for granted and assume that we know all of the physical nuances like pcy's taller than baek or whatever, but to me it's just really distracting. kind of like school essays, you should assume that the reader doesn't know who the hell you're talking about. i... tend to stop reading if i see them used a lot, especially if i see something like "the elder" without a noun attached.

[(Anonymous)]

the worst is when you get really specific details like "the dancer" or something, because it's like that's not how your pov character is going to think of anyone!