I rely on the fanfic shortcuts, like being able to skimp on description because I assume a certain amount of audience knowledge.


OMG, this! At some point I realized that in ffic, people know who the characters are...I don't need to tell them! It was like some ray of magical insight that made me realize "I don't need to tell boring parts of the story", and people will still know what I'm doing because they've played the game! It was the best feeling ever!