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<blockquote data-quote="+5 Keyboard!" data-source="post: 3524296" data-attributes="member: 48586">To the OP,Just to take you on to the other side of the module... the writer's side. Most writing assignments have a word count cap that they have to adhere to. Speaking for myself, sometimes a really cool encounter pops into my head and I develop it, but when I get finished with the manuscript, I'm way over the word count. I end up having to go back through and edit it as good as I can without taking any actual material out other than extra words here and there. But then this often isn't enough, so I have to make the hard decision of what parts need to be cut that won't affect the overall theme and story.It's these instances that can lead to the kind of thing you're talking about. Rather than get rid of the idea all together, sometimes I give a brief description and some ideas, but have to leave it to the reader to decide if he/she wants to develop it on their own.And it's quite often not even the writers responsible for this. Sometimes it's the editors that do the chopping and leave you with a little snippet with instructions to develop the idea further on your own if you like it.Anyway, sorry to hear about your frustrations. Just know that not being able to write up full details on those ideas that kinda leave you hanging isn't usually the choice of the writer. If given a choice the writer will write it for you. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="+5 Keyboard!, post: 3524296, member: 48586"] To the OP, Just to take you on to the other side of the module... the writer's side. Most writing assignments have a word count cap that they have to adhere to. Speaking for myself, sometimes a really cool encounter pops into my head and I develop it, but when I get finished with the manuscript, I'm way over the word count. I end up having to go back through and edit it as good as I can without taking any actual material out other than extra words here and there. But then this often isn't enough, so I have to make the hard decision of what parts need to be cut that won't affect the overall theme and story. It's these instances that can lead to the kind of thing you're talking about. Rather than get rid of the idea all together, sometimes I give a brief description and some ideas, but have to leave it to the reader to decide if he/she wants to develop it on their own. And it's quite often not even the writers responsible for this. Sometimes it's the editors that do the chopping and leave you with a little snippet with instructions to develop the idea further on your own if you like it. Anyway, sorry to hear about your frustrations. Just know that not being able to write up full details on those ideas that kinda leave you hanging isn't usually the choice of the writer. If given a choice the writer will write it for you. ;) [/QUOTE]

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