Research for Writers. I’ve been busy resurrecting some of my stories that have been in my file for ages, revising them, and submitting them. It’s always fun to go back and look at what you’ve written so long ago and go hmm….. this has possibilities.

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Since I love to do research, here’s a neat article addressing this topic. It’s titled, “Research: A Writer’s Best Friend and a Writer’s Worst Enemy” by author Joseph Finder.  He starts his blog post with: “My name is Joe, and I’m a research alcoholic.”

He then continues his topic with: I wrestle with this constantly. I’ve had to set time limits on my research. If questions come up while I’m writing, I might make a call or fire off an email, but I don’t stop writing while I wait for an answer; I keep writing, and fill in details later. Take the word of a research-aholic: don’t let this happen to you. Don’t overdo the research, because the story is what’s important. Without a story, your pile of facts is worthless.

Visit his website www.josephfinder.com to read the complete post.

“The king died and then the queen died,” is a story. “The king died and then the queen died of grief,” is a plot. – E. M. Forster