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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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!