Reading British stories

[girlyswot]

Last night I came across this [Poll #1317239][Poll #1317239]

Comments

[amamama.livejournal.com]

I'd like to combine answers in your poll. I love the Britishness of your and other writers' stories, but I do sometimes feel there's things I don't quite get. Often it is easy to work out from the context of the story, sometimes I wonder what's going on because it doesn't makes any sense to me (can't say that's happened in your stories, though), I rarely Google it, often I ask in the comments.

Regarding detailed descriptions of British life, it all depends on how it's done. It can be tedious and distracting and it can be fun and interesting and increase my enjoyment of the story. Never felt it was patronising, though. Maybe I've not read enough fanfiction?

[tdu000.livejournal.com]

Regarding detailed descriptions of British life, it all depends on how it's done. It can be tedious and distracting and it can be fun and interesting and increase my enjoyment of the story.

That's to do with the quality of the writing. Detailed descriptions are usually dull, whether they are of British life or of what clothes and make-up Mary-Sue wore that day, because they are usually irrelevant to the story. There needs to be a point to them as well as being well-written etc, forhtem not to be a distraction.

[amamama.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I tend to just drop the story if it's not well written. Some are terribly dull with their descriptions of everything, while others sneak those descriptions in and it makes the story more entertaining and paints a more vivid picture.