No worries about filling my journal--I'd like to hear the story. I don't think I've ever met anyone who lived in East Germany when it was still East Germany. (Ahem, granted, I only have the vaguest memories of East Germany existing, seeing as I was four when the Wall fell, so, you know...)
I have more research to do on my own story, but it's now finally to the point where it's little bits that I can do along the way, you know?
I like that stage--really, I've been at that stage since I started, since this is RPF and I had a timeline of real events to use as my foundation--but it's also the stage where I distract myself from writing with researching tiny details that don't even make it into the story half the time. Argh.
Do you have a beta who can do a figure-skating-culture readthrough for you once you have a draft?
That would be nice, although I'm not entirely certain I can find one with the right level of knowledge. I'm a big enough fan that I'm past the point of making really obvious mistakes, so what I would need verification of are things like, "how a partner tryout goes for the ~100 people in the world who do ice dance at the international/Olympic level," which basically no one is going to have personal experience of. Of course, if no one knows, no one can be sure I just made it all up... ;)
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Date: 2013-06-03 11:59 am (UTC)I have more research to do on my own story, but it's now finally to the point where it's little bits that I can do along the way, you know?
I like that stage--really, I've been at that stage since I started, since this is RPF and I had a timeline of real events to use as my foundation--but it's also the stage where I distract myself from writing with researching tiny details that don't even make it into the story half the time. Argh.
Do you have a beta who can do a figure-skating-culture readthrough for you once you have a draft?
That would be nice, although I'm not entirely certain I can find one with the right level of knowledge. I'm a big enough fan that I'm past the point of making really obvious mistakes, so what I would need verification of are things like, "how a partner tryout goes for the ~100 people in the world who do ice dance at the international/Olympic level," which basically no one is going to have personal experience of. Of course, if no one knows, no one can be sure I just made it all up... ;)