WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 26 -- Tuesday

[linaewen]

Hello on Tuesday! What kind of a writing day has it been today -- or yesterday, if today hasn't gotten going yet?

•     I thought about my fic once or twice
•     I wrote
•     I did some planning and/or research
•     I edited
•     I've sent my fic off to my beta
•     I posted today!
•     I'm taking a break
•     I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Discussion: What reference tools do you use when doing research? Thesaurus? Google? Fandom-specific wikis? Book resources?

Comments

[linaewen]

I wrote and posted again yesterday, whoo hoo! I'm waiting for the story to clear the queue at one posting archive, and then I'll post it in another one. I am hoping for time today to move on to the next writing project, but I'm back to work today, and Tuesdays are ALWAYS unpredictable.

My go-to reference tools are an online thesaurus and the Online Etymology Dictionary (http://www.etymonline.com/), which I use to make sure the terms I use in my writing are not so modern that they take the reader out of the period I'm writing. I also use general google searches for subjects I don't know that much about, and my main writing fandom has some extensive wikis and encyclopedias online, as well as a number of published reference works in book form.

[fred_mouse]

I did some more planning - need to listen to the canon chapter again, because I don't want to mix in extra details that come later in the story. I just can't get myself to put sentences of actual fic down.

[terabient]

Wrote a little today, and I think I may be finished with this fic by Thursday. Then all that will be left is editing and not chickening out before posting it.

For brushing up on canon I tend to use youtube and/or transcripts to focus on specific scenes. For more general research I tend to start with Wikipedia for links to more in-depth work, though if I have the time and energy I do like to visit the local library, especially if the subject is history or science. For spelling and grammar, I have a few reference books from high school and college that I still find useful. :)