I've been told that when you're writing a rough draft/NaNo, screw the accuracies and just write what you want. THEN go back and fix things and take out those modern textiles when it's 1700 or whatever.
My problem with doing research ahead of time is that I am so into it that I lose all enthusiasm for the actual novel, because I planned out too much. This is also why I cannot outline.
My problem with doing research during writing is that I love the research so much that I get stuck researching. For example, I had an idea for a fan fic in June. It required a decent amount of research (yay for giving a character a job that I know nothing about). It is now October and while I am preparing to go into the same field, thanks to the research, I still haven't written more than a couple of rambling pages.
Last year I lost all motivation for my novel within the first week, because I had done so much research on it before NaNo and couldn't start while I was rearing to go, so I just didn't want to write it anymore. And it lacked a plot, but it's NaNo so that really didn't matter.
This year, I'm still not completely sure about what I'm going to write about, but I will say that it isn't going to involve any research that can't easily be done in less than five minutes.
My problem with doing research ahead of time is that I am so into it that I lose all enthusiasm for the actual novel, because I planned out too much. This is also why I cannot outline.
My problem with doing research during writing is that I love the research so much that I get stuck researching. For example, I had an idea for a fan fic in June. It required a decent amount of research (yay for giving a character a job that I know nothing about). It is now October and while I am preparing to go into the same field, thanks to the research, I still haven't written more than a couple of rambling pages.
Last year I lost all motivation for my novel within the first week, because I had done so much research on it before NaNo and couldn't start while I was rearing to go, so I just didn't want to write it anymore. And it lacked a plot, but it's NaNo so that really didn't matter.
This year, I'm still not completely sure about what I'm going to write about, but I will say that it isn't going to involve any research that can't easily be done in less than five minutes.
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