davion2308
Motivated
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- Dec 24, 2005
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I read "The Golden Couple" by Greer Hendricks and I was barely into the book when I ran into a passage that said the main character, in her 30s, dated a super hot guy for a while. He was a tight end who played at the University of Maryland and he helped lead them to an undefeated season one year.
That made me stop. I'm a college football guy and I'm like, "Wait, what?" I disengaged immediately because Maryland football doesn't do that. Not at all. It was a throwaway line and simply added some color to a character that wasn't in much of the story but it had a major impact for me trying to get lost in the story.
This made me rethink my research and informational process when I'm writing my stories. I got criticism from several readers once when I incorrectly described the interior of a church. Now I'm on the straight-and-narrow to be as accurate as possible.
How much effort do the rest of you put into accuracy and correct facts and data when you're writing? I'm really curious.
That made me stop. I'm a college football guy and I'm like, "Wait, what?" I disengaged immediately because Maryland football doesn't do that. Not at all. It was a throwaway line and simply added some color to a character that wasn't in much of the story but it had a major impact for me trying to get lost in the story.
This made me rethink my research and informational process when I'm writing my stories. I got criticism from several readers once when I incorrectly described the interior of a church. Now I'm on the straight-and-narrow to be as accurate as possible.
How much effort do the rest of you put into accuracy and correct facts and data when you're writing? I'm really curious.