It's actually the result of me trying to make a serious meta post about research and writing, wanting to put a poll at the end of it to ask how people use research for writing, and discovering that the "preview" option doesn't show polls, freaking out about my lack of polling ability, and going nuts with the poll mechanism.
It's kind of addictive, actually. Now I want to do a poll about how come you won't take my poll. ;o)
The meta post on research and writing sounds fab, actually. Although I'm afraid my answer will be predictable, like, "I totally freak about research, just like I totally freak out about sentence structure and I totally freak out about POV." Heh. You're talking about, "If you are writing about Xander in Kinshasa, what is the level of research you commit to? a) I learn to spell Kinshasa, b) I read the CIA Worldfactbook on Kinshasa, c) I fly to Kinshasa for 6 months and take copious notes"?
I was air quoting while typing serious. Seriously!
I totally freak out about POV. I was gonna do some posts on that; I have a really good essay by some writer guy on it. I also freak about word choice a lot (and was gonna post on that; I have so many meta posts waiting to happen it's not even funny). I've actually never freaked too hard about sentence structure. Great, now I want to have a good sentence structure discussion. It's something I rarely think about; I think because I am generally pleased with the rhythm of my sentences and thus the way they are structured. I wonder if that means I am complacent? I use too many semi-colons, for one thing.
Anyway, yes, that's kind of the thing I want to talk about as far as research goes; I wrote a bit about the kind of research I do and wanted to hear how it compares to what other people do. Now I want to steal your poll question!
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It's kind of addictive, actually. Now I want to do a poll about how come you won't take my poll. ;o)
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The meta post on research and writing sounds fab, actually. Although I'm afraid my answer will be predictable, like, "I totally freak about research, just like I totally freak out about sentence structure and I totally freak out about POV." Heh. You're talking about, "If you are writing about Xander in Kinshasa, what is the level of research you commit to? a) I learn to spell Kinshasa, b) I read the CIA Worldfactbook on Kinshasa, c) I fly to Kinshasa for 6 months and take copious notes"?
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I totally freak out about POV. I was gonna do some posts on that; I have a really good essay by some writer guy on it. I also freak about word choice a lot (and was gonna post on that; I have so many meta posts waiting to happen it's not even funny). I've actually never freaked too hard about sentence structure. Great, now I want to have a good sentence structure discussion. It's something I rarely think about; I think because I am generally pleased with the rhythm of my sentences and thus the way they are structured. I wonder if that means I am complacent? I use too many semi-colons, for one thing.
Anyway, yes, that's kind of the thing I want to talk about as far as research goes; I wrote a bit about the kind of research I do and wanted to hear how it compares to what other people do. Now I want to steal your poll question!