Thursday: Creator's Workshop

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Need help with creating the atmosphere for that sleazy bar Tony likes to hang out in? What would a college student in the 1980s spend his money on? Looking for someone to help beta read your fic or just cheer you on? How do people draw hands, damnit? How do you make your neighbour's dog stop make an appearance on your podfic? Ask a weird question that now taints your search history but still have not found the answer to? Would you like to share a great resource that you found recently?

Here's the place to direct all your questions (no judgement, no shame!), offer help, share some advice, cheer people on, or just chat about your current projects! Are you working on your Big Bang fic? Having fun with the Tiny Reverse Bang? Panicking over the Superhusbands Aluminum Anniversary Anthology deadline creeping closer? Let everyone know what you're working on, and if your fellow fans and creators can be of any assistance!


Our list of resources was getting a little long, so you can now find it here! If you know of any other, let us know!

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[faite]

If you're in the anthology and need an extension, you can ask the organizers for one! You can find more information on that in this post.

Good luck everyone!!

[navaan]

*me thanks the gods* ;P

[delacourtings]

this is probably an odd request but does anyone know of any articles by undercover reporters? like this mother jones piece where reporter shane bauer went undercover as a private prison guard. (sidenote: it's a really interesting piece and i'd recommend it if you like long form journalism though the way the prisoners are treated might be too upsetting for some so be careful.)

i have this idea for a fic where steve is a reporter and he goes undercover at stark industries and i want to get a good idea of what undercover reporting is actually like.

any help would be highly appreciated!

(p.s. this community is so helpful and lovely. i'm so glad i found it. all the activity that happens here has been inspiring me so much! ♡)

[navaan]

Oh, that sounds like an amazing idea.

I do know a couple, but all of them aren't in English and might not be helpful for a story set in America anyway. The German journalist Günther Walraff springs to mind. And I remember there was a research book about undercover reporting, so that might have some hints too. Sorry, that I don't have any more helpful links. But I hope you write that story! It sounds really interesting.

[delacourtings]

Thank you so much!

I already have a rough outline of the story so all I need now is to actually write the story. (Which is always easier said than done, isn't it?)

Again, thank you for the help! I'm sure it'll come in handy!

[navaan]

Which is always easier said than done, isn't it?

So true. ^^;

[neurotoxia]

Jake Adelstein wrote a book about being undercover with the Japanese Yakuza, it's called Tokyo Vice. It's a little sensationalised but overall a good account of someone undercover in a dangerous context. There's a much better investigative book by David E Kaplan (Yakuza) but that one is less about BEING undercover than demonstrating all the dirt you can dig up on the Yakuza if you prod the right people, so I'm not sure that would be helpful for you.

Like navaan says, there's Günter Wallraff, but I have no idea if any of his research is available in English.

[delacourtings]

Thank you!

Both books sound interesting and like they'll be really helpful!

I haven't been able to find any English versions of Wallraff's work so far but in searching for his stuff I came across this undercover reporting database which has a plethora of resources so even if I'm unable to find any English translations, the suggestion was still useful!

[neurotoxia]

Oh that database looks great! I'm going to add that to the list of resources, thanks for sharing :)