Comments - If you wrote what I knew - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T21:22:20Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=537324%3ABlogPost%3A184042&xn_auth=noI'd mkae one change to the ol…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-02-23:537324:Comment:1842712009-02-23T14:34:57.581ZDana Kinghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
I'd mkae one change to the old saying: Write what you know; leave out the ONLY.<br />
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You can learn a lot about what you want to write throuhg research, but there's also a lot you know that can be used in a book right away, regardless of subject. Are you a butcher, or was your father or uncle a butcher? Get a butcher into the story, of have a major character who is married to, or the offspring of, a butcher. (Teacher, mail man, astronaut, doesn't matter.) Everyone knows a million little everyday…
I'd mkae one change to the old saying: Write what you know; leave out the ONLY.<br />
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You can learn a lot about what you want to write throuhg research, but there's also a lot you know that can be used in a book right away, regardless of subject. Are you a butcher, or was your father or uncle a butcher? Get a butcher into the story, of have a major character who is married to, or the offspring of, a butcher. (Teacher, mail man, astronaut, doesn't matter.) Everyone knows a million little everyday things that can be worked into a story. They may not be enough to carry the story, depending on the experiences and what you're writing, but they can lend realism and life to your characters and situations. (I wish I'd thought of tht myself, but I got it from Stephen King's ON WRITING.) Absolutely! Research is criti…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-02-22:537324:Comment:1841112009-02-22T21:42:07.324ZKarynehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Karyne
Absolutely! Research is critical to utilizing authenticating details, but its easy to get bogged down in so much research that you don't get to telling the story. Each part has its own measure of weight in the whole process.
Absolutely! Research is critical to utilizing authenticating details, but its easy to get bogged down in so much research that you don't get to telling the story. Each part has its own measure of weight in the whole process. Well, let's not forget the im…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-02-22:537324:Comment:1840832009-02-22T18:54:56.919ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
Well, let's not forget the importance of research, though.
Well, let's not forget the importance of research, though.