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Question of the day thread number 2!
Purpura Lipstick:
I don't think anyone was calling you a bad writer. Mare admitted she doesn't research but her stories are well written and the guys have a good bond which is what she focuses on. I think people can write well if they research a lot, some people like to research, but I also think that people who have very little of their real life or don't have any of their actual life write well. I love Kevmylove's stories and her stories are all AU, I really don't know how much she researches. I don't dissect her stories to find out, just like I don't dissect RMTW by Rose that I am reading to find out what is real. They are all still fiction so I don't take anything for fact whether I know it was researched or not, it is still fiction. I don't read fiction to learn anything new, I read to be entertained. If a story brings an interesting fact to light then I will research to see if it is true or not.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: Purpura Lipstick on July 12, 2012, 02:24:52 PM ---I don't think anyone was calling you a bad writer. Mare admitted she doesn't research but her stories are well written and the guys have a good bond which is what she focuses on. I think people can write well if they research a lot, some people like to research, but I also think that people who have very little of their real life or don't have any of their actual life write well. I love Kevmylove's stories and her stories are all AU, I really don't know how much she researches. I don't dissect her stories to find out, just like I don't dissect RMTW by Rose that I am reading to find out what is real. They are all still fiction so I don't take anything for fact whether I know it was researched or not, it is still fiction. I don't read fiction to learn anything new, I read to be entertained. If a story brings an interesting fact to light then I will research to see if it is true or not.
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Those are all great points! Yeah, I don't think anyone was insinuating that people who don't research or "overdo" their research are bad writers. We were just having a discussion about it. Seeing as how we all have different backgrounds and personal experiences and all write different types of stories, different levels of research are going to be required to make our stories seem believable.
The last part of your post brings up some other interesting questions:
When you read, do you ever fact-check other people's info, or do you just go with it?
If a glaring inaccuracy stands out to you, do you say anything to the author or let it go?
And as a writer, have you ever been called out by a reader for writing something that was inaccurate? If you have, how did you handle it?
FrickingKaos:
I don't know that much about BSB history other than the stuff that is well known, so if there are inconsistencie s in a story I usually won't notice them. I wouldn't tell the author either unless it came up in a private discussion. I am observant but not that observant LOL.
mare:
Yeah, I just think it depends on the kind of reader you are. I'm line you, Lore. When I read I'm just doing it for the joy of reading. I'm not a stickler for facts but I can see how it might bother some. I also think it depends on your level of fandom too. Inaccuracies font really bother me too much because for the most part, I don't realize they are inaccuracies lol big things like spelling Brian's last ne wrong or using Nicholas instead of Nickolas does tend to bug me, but it usually takes something like that.
Lol since I can't even tell you what songs are on what albums, I have no room to complain about that stuff.
Whether its all fact, some fact or entirely fiction, as long as it's well written people will read & enjoy.
mare:
Fat fingers McGee strikes again with all the typos above, but since AC is being so glitchy afraid if I go in & try to change things I will lose the post! lol
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