All Discussions Tagged 'research' - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T15:24:17Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=research&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHow do you perform your research before starting a new book?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-11-09:537324:Topic:2557702010-11-09T12:25:37.588ZSannahttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Sanna
Well, title says it all. As I´m preparing to start writing my very first book I´m curious about what tools you guys are using when doing reserach. Do you visit the places you are going to write about and if so, what do you observe and how do you document your observations? Is there other good ways of research something than simply Googleing it (Google scares me)? Tell me every last detail, please...:) <br/>
Well, title says it all. As I´m preparing to start writing my very first book I´m curious about what tools you guys are using when doing reserach. Do you visit the places you are going to write about and if so, what do you observe and how do you document your observations? Is there other good ways of research something than simply Googleing it (Google scares me)? Tell me every last detail, please...:) <br/> Homage to the video internet muse...tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-07-18:537324:Topic:557492007-07-18T17:43:20.850ZLois Karlinhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/0lkarlin1
Today, flushed with the success of several recent internet forays on behalf of my novel, I posted a blog entry at Women of Mystery (<a href="http://www.womenofmystery.net/2007/07/its-not-news-to-you-all-im-well-aware.html">http://www.womenofmystery.net/2007/07/its-not-news-to-you-all-im-well-aware.html</a>) about how essential internet videos have become to me for writing scenes.<br />
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If it's something you haven't tried, it's so easy. Just use a Google Video search, or simply google 'video, heart…
Today, flushed with the success of several recent internet forays on behalf of my novel, I posted a blog entry at Women of Mystery (<a href="http://www.womenofmystery.net/2007/07/its-not-news-to-you-all-im-well-aware.html">http://www.womenofmystery.net/2007/07/its-not-news-to-you-all-im-well-aware.html</a>) about how essential internet videos have become to me for writing scenes.<br />
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If it's something you haven't tried, it's so easy. Just use a Google Video search, or simply google 'video, heart transplant...or 'video, bugle plays taps' or whatever your fancy.<br />
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I've found clips on anything and everything, providingly amazingly pertinent details. There's no substitute for being there, of course (in a video you can't smell the smoke or feel the heat from the fire), but when you're immersed in a scene and don't want to lose momentum - or get up off your behind - and your mind's eye is murky on some essential detail...it's incredibly helpful to have sight and sound details at your fingertips.<br />
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- Lois<br />
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Lois Karlin<br />
<a href="http://www.womenofmystery.net">www.womenofmystery.net</a> Street View by Google (No, you're not paranoid. Somebody is watching.)tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-30:537324:Topic:450302007-05-30T16:42:39.197ZHarry Hunsickerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/harryhunsicker
What a great tool for <s>stalking</s> research.<br />
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Google Maps now offers something called <a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/index.html">Street View</a>, or actual photographs of the buildings and activity on a given street, though not in real time.<br />
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The geographic areas covered are pretty limited . . . for the moment.<br />
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(Signing off now. Must find tinfoil helmet.)
What a great tool for <s>stalking</s> research.<br />
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Google Maps now offers something called <a href="http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/index.html">Street View</a>, or actual photographs of the buildings and activity on a given street, though not in real time.<br />
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The geographic areas covered are pretty limited . . . for the moment.<br />
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(Signing off now. Must find tinfoil helmet.) guns and bullets and clips, oh my...tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-22:537324:Topic:102162007-03-22T06:50:47.038ZToni McGee Causeyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/ecouteuse
I've been shooting a 9mm Glock, and have very little hands on experience with other guns, save my 410 shotgun and a 22 rifle and pistol. I haven't purchased the Glock yet, though (I've gone to the firing range a few times and practice with theirs, now that my son has moved and taken his with him--I used his a lot and liked it) (he's a cop)... and I've decided I need to go back to the range and tone up. (I used to be a pretty decent shot with the 9mm, but am slowly getting slack-ass lazy.) I've…
I've been shooting a 9mm Glock, and have very little hands on experience with other guns, save my 410 shotgun and a 22 rifle and pistol. I haven't purchased the Glock yet, though (I've gone to the firing range a few times and practice with theirs, now that my son has moved and taken his with him--I used his a lot and liked it) (he's a cop)... and I've decided I need to go back to the range and tone up. (I used to be a pretty decent shot with the 9mm, but am slowly getting slack-ass lazy.) I've also decided that maybe I need to expand my gun knowledge to other models.<br/><br/>What's your favorite gun and why? (Or if you hate them, your criminals' or your protags' favorites, and why?)<br/><br/>What are common mistakes made in fiction / common terminology mistakes which drive you batty?