![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
littlebutfierce posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
writethisfanficMiddle of the first week! How are things so far?
And for a discussion topic, how about we talk about research? As usual, the fanfic flamingo has relevant commentary:
[Background — a six piece pie style colour split in three shades of pink. Foreground — the long neck and face of a pink flamingo.
Top text: WAIT, WHAT SHOULD THEY DRINK?
Bottom text: SPEND 7 HOURS RESEARCHING WINE, THEN CUT SCENE]
Does your current fic require any research? If so, want to tell us what about? Where do you tend to find research materials for your fic? Is it difficult to pull yourself out of research to get back to writing, or is research your least favorite part? And how do you organize all your research once you've dug it all up?
Poll #6871 WIP challenge day 4 check-in!
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15
What kind of fic day are you having today?
And is that better or worse than yesterday?
What fic-ly things did you do?
View Answers
Write
10 (66.7%)
Edit
2 (13.3%)
Research
1 (6.7%)
Send to beta
1 (6.7%)
Procrastinate
5 (33.3%)
Something else I will describe in comments
3 (20.0%)
And my favorite question! In 3 words or less, how are you feeling about the fic?
And for a discussion topic, how about we talk about research? As usual, the fanfic flamingo has relevant commentary:
[Background — a six piece pie style colour split in three shades of pink. Foreground — the long neck and face of a pink flamingo.
Top text: WAIT, WHAT SHOULD THEY DRINK?
Bottom text: SPEND 7 HOURS RESEARCHING WINE, THEN CUT SCENE]
Does your current fic require any research? If so, want to tell us what about? Where do you tend to find research materials for your fic? Is it difficult to pull yourself out of research to get back to writing, or is research your least favorite part? And how do you organize all your research once you've dug it all up?
Tags:
no subject
Date: Thursday, May 5th, 2011 06:39 (UTC)I think stressful's the wrong word? The issue's more that you kind of need to be aware that you're making a (conscious or subconscious) choice on practically everything, so either you stick very strongly to one era (most New Who fans have no idea that there's canon on Gallifrey, for example, or if they do they don't care) or you end up going completist and trying to watch everything. Which was, um, my approach. 'Okay, if I'm going to write this fandom, first I need to know this fandom. And if I'm going to write this character, first it'd be a really good idea to catch up on the culture he's from, because that probably shapes his worldview quite a lot.' Three years later, I'm... halfway through canon? *dies* But I've watched most of the important ones.
no subject
Date: Thursday, May 5th, 2011 19:41 (UTC)Ah, fair enough. Although I would find that stressful to some degree as well, heh.
(Also, huge canon=terrifying!!)