This is tagged fan fiction so I'm assuming that's what you're referring to. When I write fan fic, in a way, it's very forced because I'm usually doing it to fulfill something I wanted to see in the show or something. I try to stay true to characterization and all that stuff, which is usually easy cuz if you watch/read a lot of something you know the characters pretty well, but I don't stress about it so much.
With original stuff, I try to know the characters and their backgrounds, fears, motivations, desires really well and then I try to figure how that would shape a chain of events and interactions in the loose confines of an overall plot or idea. If that makes sense.
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Date: 2012-07-28 07:57 am (UTC)With original stuff, I try to know the characters and their backgrounds, fears, motivations, desires really well and then I try to figure how that would shape a chain of events and interactions in the loose confines of an overall plot or idea. If that makes sense.