Comments on: Research http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/06/20/research/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:43:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.12-alpha by: joy http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/06/20/research/#comment-9076 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:18:38 +0000 http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/06/20/research/#comment-9076 Yeah, I don't literally put those questions into the google search engine. I just phrased them that way to make sense to people reading this entry. An innate ability for storytelling eh? I'd better get to that library. Yeah, I don’t literally put those questions into the google search engine. I just phrased them that way to make sense to people reading this entry.

An innate ability for storytelling eh? I’d better get to that library.

]]> by: Justin http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/06/20/research/#comment-9075 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:14:47 +0000 http://www.ohjoy.org/2007/06/20/research/#comment-9075 Oh god, yeah I'm not sure I would turn to Google to ask those types of questions. You know what, I would probably go to a library, ha. My <acronym title="library science">LS</acronym> friends would be so proud. But in all seriousness, I think the most important input they'd provide is a reformulation of your original high level query into discrete answerable questions that will give you the raw data to answer your question yourself. As in "tuberculous symptoms," "history of law profession," "famous legal cases from 1900-1910," "historical weather patterns of eastern US," etc. I wonder though what's more important in fiction writing, research, or an innate ability for storytelling? Heh, probably both. Oh god, yeah I’m not sure I would turn to Google to ask those types of questions. You know what, I would probably go to a library, ha. My LS friends would be so proud. But in all seriousness, I think the most important input they’d provide is a reformulation of your original high level query into discrete answerable questions that will give you the raw data to answer your question yourself.

As in “tuberculous symptoms,” “history of law profession,” “famous legal cases from 1900-1910,” “historical weather patterns of eastern US,” etc.

I wonder though what’s more important in fiction writing, research, or an innate ability for storytelling? Heh, probably both.

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