WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 19 -- Wednesday

[linaewen]

Hello on Wednesday!  What kind of a writing day has it been so far today -- or if today hasn't gotten going yet, how did you fare yesterday?

       - 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

Wednesday Discussion:  Have you ever written about a culture or used a vernacular not your own in your fic?  How difficult is it to make it accurate, and how do you go about checking accuracy if that is a goal?

Comments

[linaewen]

Not really getting anywhere with writing, just too busy this month!

One of my fics features a people group that is not the same culture or main language of the rest of my characters. It takes a lot of extra research to make sure what I am writing fits, because I want to be accurate, even when in one sense it's really all just "made up." I base my culture on one that really exists with which I am familiar and even know some of the language, so that helps a lot with accuracy and reduces the load of research, but it still takes extra work to be consistent. It's worth it, though, if I can make a different culture come alive in a story!