Writing Post 2019

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Re: Helpdesk: Word choice, Fact checks, Sex positions

[(Anonymous)]

How much handwaving regarding casework do you accept in shipfic for cop/crime/spy canons? I don't usually much enjoy writing casefic (although I have written some), nor do I read it much because I tend to be into canons and related fic mostly for the relationship dynamics. And so my references to police work/spy stuff are often limited to how the work affects the characters and their relationship. But it means that I don't always have a fully developed framework of all the details of the case that might be relevant if someone was actually writing or desiring proper casefic.

Is there a line up to which you tolerate handwaving/glossing over of facts/information related to criminal cases or spy stuff? Are you like me and tend to skim over those parts anyway because you want to get back to the main characters making out?

I am struggling with this for the fic I am currently working on ... I don't want really it to get any longer, and I am not really interested in the crime stuff beyond it serving as background and as character motivation.

But I wonder if there's a point at which handwaving starts to look more like lazy writing/lack of research.

Re: Helpdesk: Word choice, Fact checks, Sex positions

[(Anonymous)]

I think it depends a lot on how important case-related details are to the story. Unless something specific about the case and procedure is a key plot point, summaries like "they processed the crime scene" as opposed to "they sprayed Luminol in the entryway and found no hints of blood evidence despite...") will probably get you there.

And really, if you can throw in an odd detail or two, like the Luminol or noting that the blood spatter indicates X manner of death or use some term that's correct or whatever, those alone give a sense of verisimilitude that lets you get away without loads of heavily researched details.

A lot probably depends on your recip's request, too. Do they seem to be in it for the police procedural aspects, or the relationships? I'd go a little heavier on real-world detail if they seem to want the casefic more than the relationships.

Re: Helpdesk: Word choice, Fact checks, Sex positions

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you! The recip does mention liking case stuff in their general likes but only as one among many relationship-centric likes, and they don't emphasize it especially for the canon that I'm writing. So I hope they are fine with the amount of case-related stuff (or lack thereof) in the fic.

But your comment was very helpful also in terms of strategies to make the case stuff more relatable!

Re: Helpdesk: Word choice, Fact checks, Sex positions

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

I think you'll be fine, coalie!

Re: Helpdesk: Word choice, Fact checks, Sex positions

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!