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PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:43 am
I understand that completely. My boyfriend also writes, primarily action-based novels, which is totally different to what I write. However, I think we have a good thing going since his interests are totally different to mine and we can swap advice. Just yesterday he was helping me through a problem I'd been having with my 2010 NaNo novel (the underwater world detective one, if you remember) and thanks to him I think I'm about ready to get going on it again! All because he was more experienced than me with that particular research/plot problem. cool  
PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:05 am
Oh I wish I had that...I just get a turned up nose for genre. It is very frustrating! It's good you can bounce ideas off each other smile
 

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 9:45 am
My guy turns his nose up when I suggest he reads something literary. xd  
PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:37 pm
When ever I want to write on a subject, I find a book that uses a similar concept and learn as much as I can about it.  

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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:37 pm
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私の愛さようなら。私が死んでいると私が戻ってくることはありませんのためにあなたの周りを参照してください。
Goodbye my love. See you around, for I am dying and I won't be coming back.







Personally, I love to research. I research even when I don't need to. Depending on what I'm writing I may research a bit to a lot. With my own sci-fi series I research on genetics, space travel, planetary systems, and general space facts. I consider this lite research.

Heavy research would be for my dark fantasy which takes place in history and in earth's some-what near future. Not only that but it deals with mythic creatures. So I research history from the 1300s (Scotland) to the 2000s (America), I research Dracula, the history of the Fae, and other mythic creatures, as well as the end times according to protestants and catholics. In other words I am STILL researching all of this after two years.

But then I have my current novel/series which is a complete fantasy world. Mostly what I research are weapons, animals used for battle/scouting, and things like that. I consider this kind of research fairly easy.

But anyways, I think it's a must to research as much as you can. The more you know the better you are able to translate the world in which you are trying to create and convey. I once met the author of the book 'Queen of the Underwold' Gail Godwin. Her advice to me was to research and then reseach your research. Meaning, don't just trust one source or bias, and make sure what ever you read is credible.







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私の愛さようなら。私はたまらないのためにあなたの周りを参照して許してください。
Goodbye my love. See you around, for I am dying so please forgive me.
 
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