lately, i’ve noticed that i’ve become a lot more comfortable with using ellipsis when writing for characters that hesitate a lot in their speech. i used to completely shy away from it, but now i’ve been using it here and there and i’m like “OH you didn’t used to do that before!”
i also notice that almost every chapter i’ve written in the last few years starts with one sentence. i guess it’s supposed to be my hook sentence, but sometimes they’ll be super plain and when i read it back i’m like. why. why did you think that was a good start. but they always start off with one!
& also also, i noticed that i describe the look of my characters a lot less than i used to? i used to be big on that when i was younger, but now i really only mention what a character looks like when it’s necessary. at this point, i prefer to leave little details here and there like “mess of red hair” or things like that in comparison to another character describing them unless, again, it’s necessary. saves me a bit of trouble, honestly!