The other thing about writing tie-ins is that they do take time and energy from writing original things, and I think you can end up, if you do a lot of them, by coarsening the way you write, the things you think it's possible to do.
I've wondered about this. I've only read two tie-ins, but the one thing they had in common was that story was Told to a very great extent, with minimal dialogue and description. It was as though I read a letter from someone describing the events. Very distant feel. I don't know if all tie-ins are written that way, but I could see how a writer with a penchant for description or getting inside their characters' heads might have a devil of a time switching back and forth.
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Date: 2004-08-30 09:07 am (UTC)I've wondered about this. I've only read two tie-ins, but the one thing they had in common was that story was Told to a very great extent, with minimal dialogue and description. It was as though I read a letter from someone describing the events. Very distant feel. I don't know if all tie-ins are written that way, but I could see how a writer with a penchant for description or getting inside their characters' heads might have a devil of a time switching back and forth.