This week for our How I Write series, my accountability group was asked, “If you could do anything for writing research, what would you do?”
Honestly, this was a no-brainer for me. I’d head over to Suzi Love’s blog and pull up her category of posts for the Best Places to Visit that relate to Regency England and start mapping out an itinerary. Since the question seemed to imply that time and money weren’t obstacles, I wouldn’t have to feel guilty about leaving anywhere off the list.
Oh, and I’d definitely take my camera. So I could go back later and revisit everything. Although I might have to invest in a few more memory cards.
I’ve never been to England, but as you can imagine, would love to go. Getting me to come home might be a problem. Hopefully, I wouldn’t fall through a time portal or anything so melodramatic while I was there, but I’m sure I’d come home with a whole flock of plot bunnies.
Your Turn: So what would you do for research on your creative project?
And if you’d like to read how the rest of my accountability group would like to do in the name of research, you can find their blogs here:
* Alexia Reed * Kimberly Farris * Danie Ford * Emma G. Delaney
I’d also be willing to travel to different locales for my stories. I don’t have any stories set outside of the US, but story research is a good reason to travel abroad.
I’ve considered applying for a job that one of my heroine’s has, taking a dance class for another heroine and learning to make candles because one of my heroine makes them.
I write Regency, so I’d have to go to England with you. Plus, two heads are better than one, and surely we could pull so much historical data together that we’d have enough research to fill dozens of books. You grab the memory cards and I’ll grab extra camera batteries. 🙂 But like you, you may have to force me to leave. I’ve never been to England, but it’s on my bucket list. While there, I would have to visit some of the castles, including the ones in Ireland. Yes, it is going to have to be a long trip.
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