Why research is bad for you...

[ratherastory]

So I've been a busy beaver, researching for "Roses in December," and the wikipedia page on TBI brought me to second-impact syndrome, and now I feel really evil for even thinking about that...

*plots*

:::ETA:::

On second thought, since this isn't meant to be a death fic, I think I may leave that one aside. Note to self: *finish* reading articles before you start plotting and getting ideas.

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[greeneyes-fan.livejournal.com]

"Oh, wow, this is the worse thing I've ever heard of! Let's do it to the Winchesters!"

I've recently decided that my fic researching is a disease. I was looking through my stuff yesterday, and every one of them except the shortest at one point degenerated into an essay about SOMETHING. Not just medical stuff, either, one was how to cast silver with a campfire!

One day, I'm going to just sit down and write a story without looking up a damned thing. No Google Maps to learn about the setting, no lore and legends, no carefully precise medical details, no asking my husband about weapons.

Eh. I'd probably get everything wrong, then.

[ratherastory.livejournal.com]

"Oh, wow, this is the worse thing I've ever heard of! Let's do it to the Winchesters!"

*snerk*

Exactly.

I have yet to manage a single fic in which I didn't do some kind of research. Hell, my schmoopy 600-word cuddle fic involved researching how to make a soy latte. God.