“Writing Wednesdays” #4: On Research, Or What I Learned From A Single Sheet Of Fool’s Cap
http://blog.stevenpressfield.com/2010/04/writing-wednesdays-4-on-research-or-what-i-learned-from-a-single-sheet-of-fools-cap/

Research can be just that. Resistance loves research because the more research you do, the less writing you do.

Research as Resistance

Because my books are so research-heavy, one of the questions I get asked a lot is: “How much research do you do before you begin actually writing?” The answer is, “As little as possible.”

We don’t need to know the type of mead cup favored by Boudica, the warrior queen. We can look that up (or make it up) later. What we need is the story.

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