July WIP Challenge: Day 6 Check-In

[lexicalcrow]

Day six was rather productive for me. I hope it was for you too.

Today, I have done:
- Writing
- Editing
- Sent fic to beta
- Post
- Planning and/or research
- Procrastinate
- Something else I will describe in comments.

Today's question: How AU does a fic have to be before it's crossing into original fiction? Is it strictly an issue of characterisation, or are there other things at play?

Comments

[pensnest]

Gah, we've just got home after a day moving child #2 from his previous house to his new one, with a bit of running around after child #1 thrown in for fun. We seem to have spent most of the day nipping around Norwich, or in my case, also cleaning and unpacking. Man. Doubt there'll be fic tonight.

If I'm writing an AU, I like if possible to bring in references to canon events, so that readers can connect them. Therefore my AUs generally aren't quite classifiable as original fiction - because without knowing the references the reader loses out.