Well I like to get the story flowing first. That doesn't mean even a whole chapter, just so long as I can feel it before I start reserch. But then ... all my stories are set in the middle ages, and I know instictivly how that goes because I've been reading books about, and set in those times since before I could read (mum read me stories ever since I could remember until I could read the story faster in my head).
But if you ask me ... the reserch has to be fun too, otherwise the love of writing is just going to dry up and die. I like finding stuff out, but only about things I want to know about. Example: mythology and history. I don't find sci-fi at all interesting, so I don't reserch into it and don't write it. But I think it's best to start the story first. I must say I reserch as I go, but it works for me. As soon as I find something I've written or plan to write that seems just a littel bit off, I reserch it. If there's something I need to know, I find it out. Even the stuff I don't need to put in my story, I still find it out so I have the background knowlege, but I don't find out everything, and then write. That, for me, is the best way to kill a story.
I know wht you mean with stuff that just is not right. I read a book, it was really well written, I loved the story, but there were just a few things that didn't work. Like some people had cannons and old, basic guns, but the others had bows, arrows and swords. I mean, maybe one lot might not be as advanced as the other, but they would be trying to catch up, and they would have plundered some stuff too. And Vikikgs had sabres. I know for a fact they didn't have sabres, I think the author just thought sabre was another word for sword. In the same book sheilds repelled bullets. Well, I don't know myself if this could happen, but it doesn't seem likely because sheilds were phased out at about the same time guns were used, and I doubt people would chuck away their sheilds if they could repell bullets. A sheild would be highly usful if that was the case. I mean, REALLY! I'm fifteen and I know more about this off the top of my head then this grown up author! REALLY!
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