That is partly because my processes for both are very different and the
questions I am answering with fanfic are more character based while in meta
I am normally expounding on some detail of anachronism, continuity or
plotting. But there are exceptions in both directions.
While, I tend to examine character via meta and fiction, along with other
things. Probably the English Lit major background. I was taught how to
write meta in college. Wrote my thesis examining the characters of Molly
Bloom (Ulysses) and Caddy Thompson (Sound and the Fury). Also wrote a paper
on the black humor in the television series MASH. And a paper on a
collection of Welsh folktales and ghost stories collected in Wales, along
with one examining ghost stories and folk tales in Colorado. So I came to
it naturally, more or less. I also analyzed films in school.
Most, not all, of the major meta writers were/are frustrated English Lit
majors or professors. Or so I discovered. A few classicists. A couple were
philosophy majors or professors.
There was one economist/mathematician - TCH, who is also writing a lot
about British politics and economics on his LJ. And a Buddhist monk, who
was sort of interesting. Ran across a few geneticists - who looked at
everything almost a wee bit too literally, and a social Darwinist who
pissed everyone off. A lot of lawyers, like myself.
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Re: Writing
Date: 2017-06-12 12:31 pm (UTC)That is partly because my processes for both are very different and the questions I am answering with fanfic are more character based while in meta I am normally expounding on some detail of anachronism, continuity or plotting. But there are exceptions in both directions.
While, I tend to examine character via meta and fiction, along with other things. Probably the English Lit major background. I was taught how to write meta in college. Wrote my thesis examining the characters of Molly Bloom (Ulysses) and Caddy Thompson (Sound and the Fury). Also wrote a paper on the black humor in the television series MASH. And a paper on a collection of Welsh folktales and ghost stories collected in Wales, along with one examining ghost stories and folk tales in Colorado. So I came to it naturally, more or less. I also analyzed films in school.
Most, not all, of the major meta writers were/are frustrated English Lit majors or professors. Or so I discovered. A few classicists. A couple were philosophy majors or professors.
There was one economist/mathematician - TCH, who is also writing a lot about British politics and economics on his LJ. And a Buddhist monk, who was sort of interesting. Ran across a few geneticists - who looked at everything almost a wee bit too literally, and a social Darwinist who pissed everyone off. A lot of lawyers, like myself.