Hmm... I know when I'm writing in a fandom, I won't read anything in that fandom while I'm writing. So if I'm working on a Detective Conan/Magic Kaito fic, I'll be reading Gundam Wing, or Final Fantasy, something that has nothing to do with it. -partly because I don't want to inadvertently steal other people's ideas or versions of the characters, partly because I don't want to tangle up the plot lines. Sometimes I'll read opposite genres as well. Writing drama and reading comedy, or vice versa.
For mysteries, I haven't been reading many mystery novels, preferring to read the 'Howdunnit (http://www.amazon.com/howdunit-series/lm/2IS50WU1FMSLU)' over the published 'Whodunnit' mystery novels. The same goes with television, the rare times I have access to it. Given a choice between CSI and a programme on historical serial killers, I'm glued to the serial killers. It's much more fun to learn while being entertained than to be merely entertained. #^^#
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Date: 2008-03-05 08:04 pm (UTC)So if I'm working on a Detective Conan/Magic Kaito fic, I'll be reading Gundam Wing, or Final Fantasy, something that has nothing to do with it.
-partly because I don't want to inadvertently steal other people's ideas or versions of the characters, partly because I don't want to tangle up the plot lines.
Sometimes I'll read opposite genres as well. Writing drama and reading comedy, or vice versa.
For mysteries, I haven't been reading many mystery novels, preferring to read the 'Howdunnit (http://www.amazon.com/howdunit-series/lm/2IS50WU1FMSLU)' over the published 'Whodunnit' mystery novels. The same goes with television, the rare times I have access to it. Given a choice between CSI and a programme on historical serial killers, I'm glued to the serial killers.
It's much more fun to learn while being entertained than to be merely entertained. #^^#