Whump Fic Question

[kristen999]

I'm stuck on a road block in this one chapter I'm writing so while I wait for the magic muse to come up with an answer, I thought. Hey let's have a poll. This is just for my personal interest in future projects.



[Poll #1098735]

Comments

[parisntripfan.livejournal.com]

For me the biggest thing a writer needs to keep in mind is how well versed the point-of-view character would be in medical-babble. All to often I get the impression the writer is trying to show-off how much s/he knows/has researched.

For example, John Sheppard should not have the same medical knowledge as Carson Beckett or Jennifer Keller. If he were watching Carson/Keller try to save a member of his team view of it should not include the techo-babble that we would see if the scene were written from Carson's/Keller's POV.

[kristen999.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. Every ER scene or such... I've written from the POV of the character witnessing it and thus how much they understand.

Sheppard or Ronon's POV could be confused by what they hear and see and have no understanding of it. They can ask later or be told, but we still might get snippets of what they witnessed.

If its from Keller or Carson's POV then one can go in more details because we're in their head and through reading their thoughts details can be written, but thats a very rare thing.

This was done in parts curiosity and just gauzing general feelings on things.