Writing and Research - The Bare Bones

 

Even in the most imaginary stories of our time

you will find research as the backbone of the story

a platform for the characters

to take the stage in your hands

Books are such a rich and wonderful necessity to enrichment

of your life and yet most never pick up a book

while others are insatiable.

 

My first memories of reading were the Sunday comics

but my need to read became apparent when

I went through the encyclopedias at the age of four

beginning with the stories and going on to

real facts...what happened to encyclopedias?

I guess they became google

but they were in their time wonderful adventures.

 

I love to research the background of my stories

and generally get lost in the historical details of the times

and location in which I plot my romance

I would think that to write in a genre of the future would be easier

for you create the world but that world must

have some connection to the past and history to be realistic.

 

Fiction is about part reality and part imagination

the bare bones of your story must fall

on something that your readers can sit on with confidence

especially since my characters generally

not your average girl next door

so when you spin off challenging your readers

you must give them something that makes them comfortable.

 

That should be the end of the sentence

but there is the fine balance of too much history and not enough

it is like painting clouds on your canvas

to detail the history of time and place on the heavy side

will lose the attention of others and will also

make readers argue with your details

but to not have enough makes your story flimsy

but each story has it's own needs of details of the times in which

a character lives.

 

The greatest thing about researching is how much I learn

how many details I would have never known

or things that would have never been important in my life

research is my ultimate love

writing is my passion

and reading is something in my DNA.

 

barb