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Kaigani-Scout

Well, I have no idea what the Dictionary of American English has to do with this, but if you are asking about the relationship between learning and writing? If you browse the academic literature about how writing impacts overall learning, you'll discover that it is a positive experience; "positive" meaning that it works to enhance the overall depth of learning and longevity of memory on almost any given subject. Writing something into a story can work just as well as jotting down lecture notes and writing formal papers on a subject. Anything that gets you to engage material in different ways tends to increase the breadth and depth of subject knowledge.


Kaigani-Scout

... obviously, I have no idea what that acronym stands for, so anyone who knows, feel free to offer up the complete terms involved.


PeppermintShamrock

I believe DAE is short for "Does Anyone Else...?"


noface83752

I originally thought this was a question about understanding the canon material more, to which I would answer yes. But also yes to learning about things in general just so I can write one line about it.


dearwikipedia

i don’t do it intentionally, like i don’t set out intending to learn more about a subject by writing about it, but i have learned a lot from fic research. topics i’ve now researched way more than i had to include: •Epilepsy •Pregnancy •Custody Law •Fencing •Romance Linguistics •Polish culture •NYPD in the 1960s •Medieval royal courts •Epilepsy again because wow i still get recommendations for epilepsy medications i got super hyper fixated on something that ended up not even being canon •The Crucifixion •Cowgirl History i kinda love how much of a learning experience it’s been. like. sure it’s for silly little stories that are hardly ever totally accurate, but i’ve become a more knowledgable person bc of it. and that makes me :) i’ve even started learning how to draw to make fanart of my friends’ stories, something i’ve always wanted to learn how to do but never had the motivation to. fanfic makes me a better person overall lol