/lit/ - Literature

Anons, how would you describe your own prose, and who do you take the most inspiration from?

Anons, I'm currently planning out a story that focuses on a doctor (either in a fantasy setting or middle ages ish), but the doctor has psychosis where they occasionally experience hallucinations and delusions. Should I make this apparent and obvious from early on or should I sprinkle it in and make it seem like he could be mentally ill but the audience still isn't 100% sure?

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Maybe, but I want my writing to be beautiful and eloquent, and I find it nearly impossible to keep up an acceptable level of writing for anything more than 5,000 words right now, so I focus mainly on short stories. Personally, I find longer pieces far more challenging because of how much planning I need to do, as well as how much I may need to go back and rewrite if a new idea strikes me. It's also very tiring to try to keep up the standard of writing I want to achieve.