In an effort to actually write more I thoughtI would make a few posts about some random fiction/writing concepts, etc.

I was thinking about this one last night--angst.  I have been reading a website that makes fun of MarySue stories (Harry Potter ones, anyway) and they always talk about how bad the angst is in the story.  I never actually read the stories they post, just the comments.  The stories are usually so God-awful I can barely get through the first paragraph (which can be over a page long, as in our last story).

But, I like angst.  I like to read it and I like to write it.  I think it is fun.  Pretty much every teen romance flick centers around the angst of the main characters.  Will they or won't they.  He cheats and then has to confess, or the opposite way around, etc.  I love the tension, the emotions.  My first fanfic I wrote was 20k words of angst and everyone that read it loved it.  Must just be the couple I wrote about.  You can't write them without the angst.  Their whole relationship centers around it.

So what is everyone else's opinion.  Angst--good or bad?  In moderation?