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I was sitting there tonight with my son and daughter, when Katie asked me how to spell a word. She had written it on her homework page 3 different ways, and she said none of them looked right. So, being the brilliant homework technician I am, I told her to look it up. We did it together, and found the answer she needed.

When writing fiction, we are faced with two choices. We can make it up, or we can look it up. Unless you’re recreating the world of the Hobbits, let me recommend the latter.

Research gives your story, regardless of the genre, a feeling of reality that the readers will immediately recognize. When you’ve done your homework (research) correctly, your readers will sense the authenticity of your work. You should try not to think of it as labor intensive, back-breaking fact mining, but rather as the opportunity to learn more about the subject you’re writing about. This gives you the opportunity to educate as well as entertain, and if you are anything like me when you write, often times you get ideas for the story that you never imagined before.

So don’t be afraid of doing your homework. In this age of technology and instant access to information, if you need and answer, look it up!

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