/lit/ - Literature

>>20839877
There's also this one. Are you submitting?

>>20619259
I don't worry about that so much on the first draft. If you go in public and see people having conversations it all looks mundane but if you were to stare and listen closely there is so much subtext going on. You can recontextualize scenes by drilling down your details later but I would also get a better handle on who your characters are and what matters to them. If you know your characters you may begin to feel their emotions and they will tell you what they want to say.
My very best writing session was because I started obsessively imaging the protagonist's horrible relationship and his hopeless attachment to a new love interest and the pain and betrayal he goes through as he tries convince himself he's not being manipulated. I did have to edit a lot of it out but I felt I got a heightened state of despair, frustration, and outrage. Sometimes a couple powerful scenes, with good subtle build up between them is enough to make a great story. In your rewrites, give the most attention to the intro, the end, and the key passages.