As a writer, in your journey you will have to do lots of research when writing a book, or an article. So prepare yourself because research is extremely important. Why? Well, have you ever read a book that was describing a certain place or city, and you by chance knew that place, but what they were describing wasn't there at all, because you'd been there before. You shake your head and sat that guy didn't do his research. In writing you must gain authenticity. You will have many readers who travel, know cities, background, all kinds of things, and they're not going to be fooled by mere words. You'd better know what your talking about.. A writer can learn many things from research. There are many self help books out there, written by writers who actually learned the trade they were writing about. Many crime stories authors asked to take a ride along with cops so they could actual feel the speed and danger of a chase, see a drug bust, or ride with the EMT's to see them in action. Maybe you're writing a cook book, so you might decide to take a cooking class, to really get the low down on cooking. Or you might be writing a book on serial killers in your local prison, and want to talk to the psychologist who works there, to question what makes them killers. What ever you're writing about, you must do research, get up close and personal. Only then will you actually have a better understanding of what your are writing about, and so will your reader In my book Leah, I was describing the entrance to Jackson Hole Wyoming and what visitors see when they enter town. Well, so glad I did my research. A woman met me and said I described the town so well, it brought back so many memories for her, because she use to live there. Some authors have traveled world wide, climbed mountains, survived the dangers of nature, forged through wind, rain and snow to do research for their book, or novel. How far will you go?
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