/lit/ - Literature

>>17921600
Anime writing is just people writing narrative fiction because it has a lower barrier to entry than animation. This is different than people who enjoy anime and want to incorporate certain types of imagery/concepts into their writing. The effective difference between these two is depth and purpose.

For instance, to an anime writer, a setting is simply a location where a scene takes place. It has very little effect on the narrative beyond mechanically influencing the character's behavior. Let's say a scene takes place in a cold environment. Anime writers will typically acknowledge that it is cold and then move on with the story. Their characters change their clothes and make sexual remarks about cuddling up for warmth. They still move and function as if they were inside a climate-controlled building. Horny guy is still horny, MC is still quiet and brooding, Love Interest shivers a bit to demonstrate vulnerability, and Ditz opines about winter fashion.

Compare that to Jack London's story, To Build A Fire, wherein the protagonist finds himself in a life-threatening winter storm. His personality changes drastically over the course of the story. He starts off cocky and headstrong (talking about how the old-timers don't know shit about traveling in cold), becomes frantic as his limbs start to freeze (creating a negative feedback loop wherein his actions become more reckless, thusly further endangering himself), and then finds himself pathetically begging his dog to save his life.

There are a lot of tells that suggest someone is writing anime. The biggest one is silliness. Anime is made for kids, and therefore has childlike humor. Gruff strong guy likes cartoons. So-and-so has an inordinate fondness for mustard. Can you imagine?