WIP Challenge - Check In, Day 3 - Monday

[the_rck]

Poll #14913

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Today I

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planned
2 (40.0%)

researched
1 (20.0%)

wrote
2 (40.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

edited
2 (40.0%)

posted
1 (20.0%)

rested
1 (20.0%)

did something else
2 (40.0%)

The way I feel about that is

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Mean: 6.75 Median: 6.5 Std. Dev 2.38

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		1 (25.0%)
5		1 (25.0%)
6		0 (0.0%)
7		0 (0.0%)
8		1 (25.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Wonderful 10		1 (25.0%)

They say, "Write what you know." Do you draw on your own experiences when you write?

I tend to write science fiction and fantasy fandoms, so a lot of it is stuff that has little to do with my own experiences. I like to think, though, that my characterization comes from an understanding of and experience with real people.

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[lilly_c]

I've been going over my beta's edits for my big bang and making those changes. Now, I'm about to have a break from that and start getting a timeline together for a post-canon story and I have three episodes to rewatch.

I mainly write crime fandoms that are character driven, so I do sometimes draw on my experiences if I need something for a scene that I can't use actual canon for.

[lea_hazel]

I find that surprisingly much of my experience is relevant to my writing, given that the kind of SFF I consume overwhelmingly strives for political allegory or comment. If canon draws blatant comparisons between a mundane phenomenon and a fantastical one, I feel pretty free to do the same, sometimes to a greater extent.

Due to RL stuff I have no yet written this week. I put down a lot of words last week, though, so I have plenty of editing ahead of me.