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Question of the day thread number 2!
Rose:
LOL I actually deleted where I said it's being lazy cause I was trying to be nice :P.
RokofAges75:
I do a ton of research and fact-checking! I usually can't write more than few sentences without googling something, which is partly why I write so slowly and get so easily distracted these days LOL. It's become like a compulsion!
Most of my research is on medical stuff, locations, or stuff with the Boys, like Steph and Hannah were saying. I think the most research I've ever done for a story was for Curtain Call, because I was writing about a real medical condition and a real person and a real time in history, the TIU tour. So besides all the medical stuff I wanted to write accurately, I spent a lot of time looking up stuff on cities and venues and hospitals and reading Nick's old tweets and concert reviews and watching soundcheck videos, etc. etc. etc. I was super anal about it, but it made the story believable, and that was important to me.
I know not everyone cares about accuracy, but I do think it's important. It takes away from the story when something is unbelievable or just blatantly wrong. In our age of technology, it is SO EASY (and free) to look things up on the internet that there's really no excuse not to.
Purpura Lipstick:
I tend to not research the romance stories, Fighting Fate and Of Love and TIme really did not have any research involved. I researched some for my older story More Than That but I didn't really do a lot of researching until Chronos Project. I researched the time periods, I researched the area of LA that Julie lived in and enjoyed it. I have done some research for Severed Identities but it hasn't required a lot.
myconfession:
I do some research, but not overdoing it. I try not to write about places I don't know because I want it to feel real.... so that's why a lot of my stories are based in the south like Nashville or Charlotte or Atlanta or Tampa.
As for real life events.... I try to include a lot of those, but I don't overdo it like I know some people have done that I've read. I mean, after all, it's FICTION.
Rose:
I find writing only in places I've actually been to be rather limiting. I like expanding, challenging myself. Even though it takes a lot of research, the fun is in seeing if I can write it as if I've convincingly been there myself. For me, it's making sure I never stay in a box, writing wise, testing how far I can go creatively.
And yeah, it's just fiction, but fiction should be believable though. Intermingling real events or doing a bunch of research can help make your story come off as something real.
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