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(Anonymous) 2013-04-07 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
I think I agree with most of what you're saying. The kind of imbalance, for lack of a better word, is definitely a problem, though I wonder if it really has a different source. I think if people really focused on writing their character, which can of course involve various levels of action or dialogue at different times, it might work better.

Maybe it really is just the fact that people don't actually know how to write well, in general. I'm just trying to articulate this vibe I get, which is that people are trying to play out scenes while imagining them visually, rather than truly focusing on putting them into words properly.