I wouldn't call anything you mentioned self-indulgent, so maybe we just define the term differently. But I meant like you came up with a really poetic and cool way to describe the color red, so you leave in the sentence because you love how it sounds even though the only red thing in the fic is the victim's blood gushing out and the flowery description doesn't go with murderer's triumphant POV. But you're so proud of that description, you can't bear to cut it.
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From: (Anonymous)I wouldn't call anything you mentioned self-indulgent, so maybe we just define the term differently. But I meant like you came up with a really poetic and cool way to describe the color red, so you leave in the sentence because you love how it sounds even though the only red thing in the fic is the victim's blood gushing out and the flowery description doesn't go with murderer's triumphant POV. But you're so proud of that description, you can't bear to cut it.