tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post437267304024438120..comments2023-06-25T11:35:22.634-04:00Comments on Evil League of Evil Writers: Licensed to ObsessSkyla Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02094497198550621780noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post-52007468372897509822013-11-08T08:20:37.645-05:002013-11-08T08:20:37.645-05:00Great post. I read a book recently that made me wa...Great post. I read a book recently that made me want to throw it across the room because the author's research was too obvious. Like, OKAY, I understand, you know everything about JAPAN! Can we get back to the characters now?Adrienne Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03098120360154874136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post-68195926518977625872013-11-06T13:10:12.969-05:002013-11-06T13:10:12.969-05:00I think the "scene blocking dance" has b...I think the "scene blocking dance" has become so blase at my house that I could do just about any kind of gyration and they'd assume I was writing. We even do write ins here often enough that the courtesy extends to my friends. Some day, they'll wise up and install video cameras for blackmail purposes. Frances Paulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690177907315923299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post-68281931071438115402013-11-06T07:30:00.279-05:002013-11-06T07:30:00.279-05:00In my favorite writer research project ever, I was...In my favorite writer research project ever, I was writing a blind character and my writer friend was wondering what it would be like to be mute. We teamed up to go shopping for a friend's baby shower. I had eye patches and sun glasses, she was stricken dumb. Communication was challenging, the reaction of store clerks fascinating. (People always spoke to the sighted person, not the blind one, even after she repeatedly didn't answer). Kerry Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08853392420774763956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9009249011572927504.post-18777463670764901112013-11-06T02:15:45.869-05:002013-11-06T02:15:45.869-05:00Yeeesssss. OMG I've a series in progress that ...Yeeesssss. OMG I've a series in progress that is, basically, entirely out of my comfort zone 99% of the time (the other 1% is when the heroine's being snarky...I can do snark). I have spent more money on books for research--exotic locales, mythological artifacts, caving, wreck diving, mountaineering, plus government intelligence operations--on something I haven't yet sold than I have on any other project.<br /><br />The first draft of the first book was all "LET ME TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT CAVING". And then I went back to it and realized no, the reader doesn't need to know precisely how to set up ropes and bolts, etc. Just enough jargon for the character and that was it. And you are totally right, the more I know about a topic, the more easily it slips in appropriately to the work without it being Lesson Time with Professor Skyla. I do let myself go wild adding all kinds of detailed crap initially, if only because I know it'll help me visualize it later, and then I trim in subsequent drafts. <br /><br />While I don't actually cave/climb/dive, I do physically block out scenes sometimes in my living room which confuses the cats greatly. Skyla Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094497198550621780noreply@blogger.com