Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Apr 07 2010
Fiction and research
Have you ever wanted to grow some new plant, but didn't know much about how to be successful? You probably spent hours talking to nursery workers, reading about the plant's optimum growing conditions or maybe even talking to others who had grown some of those same plants. By the time you actually put your own plant into the soil you probably felt as though it was already an old friend.
Research for a writer is a lot like that. Fiction requires a lot of research in order to for the story to flow properly. You need to know who and what will move through the paragraphs. Places, characters and details should all seem natural, as though they have been a part of the story forever. Your reader won't count the hours of research you did, but he or she will appreciate them as they become part of the story itself.
posted at: 21:02 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Have you ever wanted to grow some new plant, but didn't know much about how to be successful? You probably spent hours talking to nursery workers, reading about the plant's optimum growing conditions or maybe even talking to others who had grown some of those same plants. By the time you actually put your own plant into the soil you probably felt as though it was already an old friend.
Research for a writer is a lot like that. Fiction requires a lot of research in order to for the story to flow properly. You need to know who and what will move through the paragraphs. Places, characters and details should all seem natural, as though they have been a part of the story forever. Your reader won't count the hours of research you did, but he or she will appreciate them as they become part of the story itself.
posted at: 21:02 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
