Behind the Scenes: Research for Authenticity
Have you ever read a book where the simplest thing took you out of the story in two seconds flat? If you’re from that setting or profession, it just takes one bit of misinformation to spark an internal argument with the author and start you questioning everything else in the story.
Because it’s one of my pet peeves, I invest the time to get the details right to preserve that connection with readers and research for authenticity. (It’s also one reason I’ve stuck to writing contemporaries so fa...
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Sep 21, 2015 07:40AM
YES YES YES YES. I have read a book like that. One particular author that I absolutely love wrote a book set in "my world" and it took all I had to finish that particular book. Because it was just so far fetched that I almost couldn't finish it. I read another book where the author used the wrong interstate when he was talking about someone traveling thru a particular state...but being FROM that state I knew there was no "I-XX" so I about lost it! Small things, but oh so important when you are writing a book. Kudos to you on how well you write!!!
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Jessica Ann Reno wrote: "YES YES YES YES. I have read a book like that. One particular author that I absolutely love wrote a book set in "my world" and it took all I had to finish that particular book. Because it was just..."Thanks for the kind words about my writing! I had to make up a few things in Catch of a Lifetime (like putting a fictional university in a town where a real university exists) and generalize a few other things in the story (who the football team played) mostly to avoid liability and believability issues with avid football fans. But the small details can make or break a book faster than anything.
