check in day 21

[autobotscoutriella]

Good evening, everyone! (Well, it's evening for me--consider this good morning or afternoon for your time zones.) How has your fic writing gone so far today? Or if you haven't made it to a writing point yet today, how did yesterday go?

-I wrote something
-I edited
-I posted today!
-I did some plotting/planning/research
-I sent things to my beta
-I took a break
-I dealt with life stuff

Discussion: Do you find that rewatching/reading the canon material for your fanfic helps you write, or gets in the way?

Comments

[linaewen]

I dealt with life stuff today, so I haven't really been able to get going today with writing, alas!

I return often to canon material to check my facts, or to remind myself of a scene or a situation, or to just generally get back in the mood for my fic.

[autobotscoutriella]

I wrote a little bit for a WIP this morning, but didn't finish the chapter. Hoping to finish that up tomorrow and get it posted.

For me, it really depends on the canon. My Transformers stuff tends to stray into AU territory (often for plot-fixing purposes), so going back to canon can throw me off because I start trying to go back to at least sort of canon-compliant so I don't lose That Cool Scene and then before I know it it's a mess. Redwall, on the other hand, pretty much requires heavy immersion in the canon--I do my best work with an audiobook playing in the background. Otherwise the tone ends up completely wrong.

[doranwen]

I'm still frantically trying to keep up with life - haven't written in a week! :( I'm hoping by the end of this one I'll have the time.

It really depends on the canon for me too - if I already have the canon feel in my head, reviewing canon is just a waste of time and can stifle my writing urge. Some canons, otoh, I need to get the tone, canon details, etc. in my head first, and reviewing is the best way to do that.