[ SECRET POST #4856 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4856 ⌋

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Comments

[tabaqui]

Man, this. I cannot *write* something I don't understand. Which doesn't mean I need to have a PhD in physics or whatever to write spaceships, but man - I can't even do slap-dash hand-wavy writing without *some* knowledge of a thing.

Yes, i research a lot, but I also really, *really* appreciate it in a fic when it's obvious the author tried to get things right (and really really really dislike it when it's just as obvious they're clueless and don't care).

[(Anonymous)]

If you don't mind me asking, how do you fit it into your writing? Do you research as you go or make notes and fill in the gaps later?

[tabaqui]

I research as I go. I have stalled out on something for a day or so because it took me a while to get the research I needed. I just...cannot keep writing with a (fill in later) spot or anything.

When i wrote a *very* long in!space! fic, omg, the research and reading! Heh. I'm not terribly science-minded, so it was a bit difficult.

If you're interested (and because some people were), I posted a list of all the bookmarks I'd made for that fic, of all the things I researched/read about to make sure I was coming anywhere near 'real' science.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17877992

[(Anonymous)]

Wow! That's a lot of reading :) kudos to you. I often find it disrupts my flow if I try and research at the same time (or I fall into a Wikipedia blackhole and resurface reading something random like about ancient trackways of Asia).

[tabaqui]

Bwaaaaaahahahaha!
Yeah, it *is* a danger.

But mostly, when I'm really in the groove, the research just spurs me on and makes me excited about how/what I'm going to write.

[(Anonymous)]

late reply, but seriously, this! i'm currently in an alternate universe historical rp and i've spent many nights researching the temperature in england in the 1920s to make sure my posts follow the weather patterns of the day. most people wouldn't worry about this but i love being as accurate as i can.

[tabaqui]

YES! Omg, I do the same thing. Takes place in X city/town/country? What sort of plants might be around, what sort of flowers, do they have fireflies? What is the temp like in the day, in the night, when is it stormy, when is it cold.....

Old Farmer's Almanac has *awesome* historical data for the US going back almost a hundred years, I think. The exact temps on the exact day....

I've actually used to say 'it was raining the day so and so was born' or whatever. :D

*high fives*