Comments on Claire Robyns: Researching Fiction on Fiction

This is a really good point. I think in books we e...

2011-10-12T14:42:54.753+01:00

This is a really good point. I think in books we expect more realism for some reason. I'm not sure why. For instance, on the TV cop shows, their technology is soooo far fetched with all the see through screens that they stand in front of moving things around with the touch of their finger. Do you think police stations can really afford that great of technology yet, I doubt it. But when I am writing (even contemporary) I feel like I have to be pretty accurate.

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2011-10-09T22:19:24.928+01:00

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You make some interesting points here... I don'...

2011-10-09T17:50:10.270+01:00

You make some interesting points here... I don't know why but for some reason I think I expect novels to be more accurate. Maybe because I get annoyed with the inaccuracies in TV shows and in my mind "the book is always better", so therefore it should be more accurate. But then, I read mainly fantasy so this isn't something I think about very often!

my series on post climate change was pretty easy t...

2011-10-06T10:26:44.065+01:00

my series on post climate change was pretty easy to research - stone age agriculture - different temperature zones, landmines /wars all out there - the one I'm trying for naNo I have google appropiate places maybe on google earth and am busy visint them in person the rest well imagination is grand!!!

Julie, while I love Grey's Anatomy, that seaso...

2011-10-05T19:23:31.111+01:00

Julie, while I love Grey's Anatomy, that season made me crazy and I don't even have a clue as to what actually goes on, so can imagine how much it must have frustrated you

Liz, all I can see is, Google Earth! Yes!

Shirley, nice to know I'm not the only one who uses research as an excuse to watch TV :)

I'm always so envious of Castle. I'd love ...

2011-10-04T18:02:29.878+01:00

I'm always so envious of Castle. I'd love to trail the detectives on a juicy murder investigation. Sadly, that's unlikely to happen so I rely on the Internet and, um, TV shows for research. :)

Bring A Writer To Work Day? Love that. All I can ...

2011-10-04T14:08:41.987+01:00

Bring A Writer To Work Day? Love that. All I can say is thank gawd for the Internet and GoogleEarth. It's the next best thing to being there.

I work in a hospital, and although there are some ...

2011-10-04T01:26:51.381+01:00

I work in a hospital, and although there are some dysfunctional things that occur, Grey's Anatomy drives me crazy. I couldn't watch it anymore after the first seasons when Izzy manipulated the organ transplant system by cutting the cord on that guy's heart pump. Uh, not gonna happen. Ever. Then again, the day to day workings of a hospital are pretty boring, so a little suspension of disbelief is important to make it entertaining. But it's got to have a nugget of truth.