I’m working on a story that has all kinds of things in it that I don’t know anything about. Because I can’t always write what I know. I don’t know all that much. I’d run out of ideas pretty fast. But there would be a lot of food in my stories.
Um, there is, in fact, a lot of food in my stories.
But now I get to research some stuff. Like gymkhana. Do you know what that is? It’s sort of rich-kids’ rodeo. Remember that time I told you about my neighbor’s horse? Well, she’s a high-school rodeo competitor (the neighbor, not the horse*) and I’ve seen her do some cool races. When she was about 12 I watched her compete in this event where she did some crazy racing around water barrels and starting and stopping her horse and all manner of horsey-tricks. It was called gymkhana, which even this blogging program knows is a real word, spelled correctly (and maybe I was the only one who didn’t know that before) and I am totally using that in my story. Fun, huh?
So I write a bit, and then research a lot, and then write a bit more. Maybe I’ll have to go over to the Pony Palace** and watch some competitions. And eat scones or popcorn or some other carnival-type food***, because that goes along with rodeo in my head. And all that time, I can consider myself “working” – you know, working. Working. (Insert giggles here.)
Ah, research. Love it.
*except, apparently, also the horse. You know what I mean.
**really. That’s what it’s called. It’s a county rodeo facility, I think. And that may not be the precise and exact name of the facility, but that’s what “everyone” around here calls it.
***but not corn-dogs. I have my limit. I’ve never (to my knowledge) eaten a corn dog, and I’d really like it to stay that way.
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Part of me loves the research more than the writing. I think I'm pursuing writing just because I adore learning new things…
Part of me loves the research more than the writing. I think I'm pursuing writing just because I adore learning new things…
Corn dogs are an abomination that defile both the batter and the meat. Yuck.
Corn dogs are an abomination that defile both the batter and the meat. Yuck.
Research can be loads of fun but sometimes, I have too much fun and forget to write!
Research can be loads of fun but sometimes, I have too much fun and forget to write!