If you're writing a novel and wondering whether you need to research it, the answer is generally yes.
Setting, characters, plot details, historical influences, even genre and craft – all these elements and more can be researched to strengthen your knowledge and flesh out your book.
So how exactly should you approach the research process?
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Spy Fiction
Summertime seems as good a time as any to do a little dropping at eaves..
I don't know a lot about the Spy Genre outside of both pf The Manchurian Candidate movies.
Learn with me or help me through it. Let's talk Spy.
Spy fiction is a sub-genre of mysteries and thrillers. For a novel to be considered spy fiction, some form of espionage must be present in the plot. This can include one person as a spy, or a whole agency of spies. Spy fiction can be set in the present day, past, and future. When spy fictions are written for teens, the protagonist or protagonists are often inexperienced and considered amateur sleuths.
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I am working on having Noel Hynd a previous Celebrity Sunday Guest in the near future. I feel like I just dropped a name.
You Might be a Writer..
We have all heard the words of Jeff Foxworthy made famous.
Some books, Wuthering Heights, for example have a dark mood set on the first page. In The Accidental Tourest, the sadness, loss and dysfunction are obvious in the first scene. Mood, is it a single thing or is it a word stew of various aspects of story?
Setting may be a quick way to establish mood. I've seen mood very skillfully done through dialogue. Mood is there but you can't hold it in your hand.
Visit us in the chat room, tonight and share your picks for novels and stories with mood. Tell us how you establish mood in your work. Or just drop in and lurk, we don't mind at all.
