On headcanons
Sep. 6th, 2015 08:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightofdayeSo I've been meaning to write one of those likes/dislikes, headcanony posts. So my SC recipient or any one else writing for me has a better idea of what I like. And I can't write a blessed thing.
I'd like to say. Oh I'll read anything. Which is blatantly not true. Or that'll read anything that the author believes in and so forth. Which may be true but doesn't really a potential author that much.
On the other hand it feels like there's a kernel to truth to it. I could list all my head cannons from the general (James Sirius = cocky to hide insecurities) to the ridiculously specific (Fred II = accident, George/Angelina had a shotgun marriage) but surely an author's going to be better off going with their head canon/style rather than trying to cram mine into their writing. Especially the more precise stuff.
Then again, an exchange is supposed to be writing things tailed the recipient, but as a writer I'd always rather be handed a rough concept or idea than some thing specific, that would feel like I was just filling in the blanks of their outline.
What do you think F-list? Do you prefer specifics or generalisations? How much of someone's head canon would you want to know when writing for them? How much would you change yours when writing a gift?
I'd like to say. Oh I'll read anything. Which is blatantly not true. Or that'll read anything that the author believes in and so forth. Which may be true but doesn't really a potential author that much.
On the other hand it feels like there's a kernel to truth to it. I could list all my head cannons from the general (James Sirius = cocky to hide insecurities) to the ridiculously specific (Fred II = accident, George/Angelina had a shotgun marriage) but surely an author's going to be better off going with their head canon/style rather than trying to cram mine into their writing. Especially the more precise stuff.
Then again, an exchange is supposed to be writing things tailed the recipient, but as a writer I'd always rather be handed a rough concept or idea than some thing specific, that would feel like I was just filling in the blanks of their outline.
What do you think F-list? Do you prefer specifics or generalisations? How much of someone's head canon would you want to know when writing for them? How much would you change yours when writing a gift?
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Date: 2015-09-06 10:34 pm (UTC)I would love to know loads, tbh. Even if I don't use everything.
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Date: 2015-09-07 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-08 12:22 pm (UTC)Yep. I think the person making the gift shouldn't feel compelled to follow everything, but it's nice to have more info. You can classify by order of how much you love the headcanons.