[inquiring mind]

[hackthis_archive]

I somehow found myself reading a critique of one of my stories (no, the point is not what the critique said), that said [Story X] was "a classic hackthis story."

I have no idea what that means.

The stories I write are the ones I want to see. The ones that I want to write. I've always been firmly of the belief that if you want to see something written you should write it your damn self. But now, I am curious.

What does "a classic hackthis story" mean to you? Comma abuse? Crack? Lots of cursing? Ari? Discuss.

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[lovetheboys.livejournal.com]

A hackthis story to me means great one-liners, snappy/witty dialogue, great characterization, often very amusing even in the midst of something serious (adopting and mob wars are on my mind since I'm re-reading your GK stuff).

And also a sort of... I don't know, sparse? style. (We'll go with "sparse" since it's the best but not-quite-perfect word I can come up with...) You say so much with so little, conveying everything I said above in about half the word count of other writers. For a lot of writers, it would take several pages what you manage to do in two paragraphs.

You handle language beautifully. That's practically signature hackthis in my mind... */fangirl*