I do a ridiculous amount of research when I write Stargate fanfic. Probably more than I do on my original works, because everyone knows the details and I want to get them right.
I've read some fics that talk about going up to Jack's cabin and the way they describe it leaves me wondering if they even know where Minnesota is, lol.
I do remember a fic where they drive from CO to the middle of nowhere MN in a day and I'm like... uh, no. I guess I've done way too much driving because little things like that stick out. I know it's about 6 1/2 hours from Chicago to Pittsburgh if you take the toll road (I-80). It's about 5 hours from Chicago to St. Louis on I-55. About 3 1/2 hours from Chicago to the Quad Cities in Iowa on I-80. And I know it's another 3-4 hours to Kirksville, MO which is only like 100 something miles away, but it's all 2 lane blacktop with a 55mph speed limit and you're constantly stuck behind tractors, slowing down to 25mph for little towns, and crap like that. It's a little over 300 miles from Chicago and takes 7 hours to drive to! It's 500 to Pittsburgh. I've had way too many cross-country moves.
Those are the kinds of things I look up when I'm writing so I don't sound like a fricking idiot.
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Date: 6 Sep 2014 06:57 pm (UTC)I've read some fics that talk about going up to Jack's cabin and the way they describe it leaves me wondering if they even know where Minnesota is, lol.
I do remember a fic where they drive from CO to the middle of nowhere MN in a day and I'm like... uh, no. I guess I've done way too much driving because little things like that stick out. I know it's about 6 1/2 hours from Chicago to Pittsburgh if you take the toll road (I-80). It's about 5 hours from Chicago to St. Louis on I-55. About 3 1/2 hours from Chicago to the Quad Cities in Iowa on I-80. And I know it's another 3-4 hours to Kirksville, MO which is only like 100 something miles away, but it's all 2 lane blacktop with a 55mph speed limit and you're constantly stuck behind tractors, slowing down to 25mph for little towns, and crap like that. It's a little over 300 miles from Chicago and takes 7 hours to drive to! It's 500 to Pittsburgh. I've had way too many cross-country moves.
Those are the kinds of things I look up when I'm writing so I don't sound like a fricking idiot.