20% wiki-research
>5% references
<5% personal experience
60% imagination
This is how I roll, especially when doing established-setting-based writing (you say fanfic, I say to-mah-to). You want to know enough to not come off as a n00b, but not so much that you get beholden to others' ideas. If I'm inspired to write a piece directly based on something existing, it's because I'm interested in an idea of my own, set in a particular context. Get inspired and don't let outsidership stop you. Embrace it. Originality comes from innovation.
This is how I roll, especially when doing established-setting-based writing (you say fanfic, I say to-mah-to). You want to know enough to not come off as a n00b, but not so much that you get beholden to others' ideas. If I'm inspired to write a piece directly based on something existing, it's because I'm interested in an idea of my own, set in a particular context. Get inspired and don't let outsidership stop you. Embrace it. Originality comes from innovation.
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