#i've become such a stickler for canon EXCEPT for when i think i can do better (often) | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

lyril · 1 year ago

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i feel like not enough people use writing fanfiction as a way to like... study and learn? outside of it being more practice and things. like sure, this is for entertainment first and foremost, but for me keeping the writing tone and characterization as accurate as i can to then transform it more into a writing style to create something good just ends up in me like, intensely studying the source material. i don't ever go off of memory i fucking break that shit down, study dialogue patterns and write down literally everything the characters i'm writing for say, observe the structure and themes and tone of whatever i'm looking at, watch and analyze things until i'm sick of them and come out a better writer because of that hands-on observation and because i simply fucking hate when other people go off of memory while writing characters i like ❤️

#talk #like what better way to study something you like than to work within it's bounds for the most part?#i can't enjoy something if the vibes are too off... if it doesn't have the same level of cartoonishness...#same reason why a lot of fan characters are uninteresting to me #if i can't make things look straight out of the show i don't see a point #i've become such a stickler for canon EXCEPT for when i think i can do better (often)#sometimes i definitely need to make vibe adjustments but i can't imagine straying too far from things unless i'm being artsy on purpose #definitely a lot of reslly great more transformative stuff don't get me wrong. lots of ways to do that right #cus i think something being really cool can easily outweigh accuracy #just as everyone has their own style #but for the most part i like to color within the lines #it's weird though because i'm always a lot looser when looking at other people's drawings and things #like i love a good shitpost but for some reason writing just isn't made for that to me #i just feel like for a lot of people it's more just playing with dolls than creating art #which is fine! but i'm too much of a perfectionist for it

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