What cheese goes best with this whine...?

[roxy]

Say there was a story someone was writing...unh, a friend of mine yeah, that's right...and say at one point the story will touch on the fact that the characters are firemen--not a big part of the story mind you, it's mostly about people talking and not that much action at all, though one of the characters dies in the performance of duty but it's pretty much an SpN death, you know what I mean, anyway...how much research do I does my friend have to do? Not much, right, they can watch a youtube or two, right, maybe skim a wikipedia article, right?

Grrrrr! Ever have a great idea and then find out it's just a little bit outside of your abilities? Ack. I usually find that out when I'm half-way through a story so this is an improvement...even though suddenly dangling off a cliff does make for some real wild and sometimes crazily interesting fics, hah! That moment of panic when you realize that the fic's too big or too involved, but you push on anyway and hope for the best. Sometimes it's lots of fun, sometimes it just makes you weep in the shower where no one can hear you and you can blame the shampoo for red eyes. *sniff*

Okay, whine over, Imma pull up my granny panties and marshal on. There's gonna be some kind of story posting in this spot soon, damn it!! I has spoken!

Comments

[rednihilist.livejournal.com]

Christ, what you just described has been the downfall of so many of my fics that it's embarrassing. I can't write in certain fandoms because I just don't "get" crucial aspects of that particular world. Example: Star Trek. Me not science-y enough! Don't get it! Also, anything with cars, cops, computers, war, Marvel, history. . .

Yeah, so, you know what? You fucking write what you want to and research however much you feel is necessary, and we'll just give you a pass because we're all awesome like that. You're awesome, and I'm awesome, and the folks who read and enjoy your writing are awesome, and I'm also really fucking tired right now, but my point still stands. I think. What?

Granny-panty-posting is the best! *headdesk*

*cookie? passes plate*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

I can't write in certain fandoms because I just don't "get" crucial aspects of that particular world.

Right? I can fake a lot of stuff, but some things cannot be faked!

I picked a hard one anyway, it's that J2 Frequency movie-based fic that I've been working on and off. You know, I think what I'll do is write all the confusing time travelish parts first, than the fireman bits and then weave the other stuff around it. So then it becomes a WeeBoys-High School-College-Firefighter-Pining Boys Gay Jared-Straightish Jensen-All the Cliches- type of fic--Ha-ha! *snatches cookie*