Frank Fiore – Novelist & Screenwriter
In days of old when authors had to do research on their novel, their research options were not only limited but geographically challenged. You either had to go to the library or actually visit the places you wrote about.
Then came along documentaries and videos that an author could find that could give him or her a better idea of location for their novel or even some background information.
Today we have the Internet.
Does that eliminate the library and the need to visit an actual location? We have at our disposal Google, MapQuest, Google Earth, Google docs, first person accounts of a place, event or situation through blogs and articles – and a gaggle of other resources available on the World Wide Web.
So which resources do you use?
Frank Fiore is a bestselling author with more than 50,000 copies of his non-fiction books in print. Frank’s writing experience also includes guest columns on social commentary and future trends published in the Arizona Republic and the Tribune papers in the metro Phoenix area. Frank has a B.A. in Liberal Arts and General Systems Theory from Stockton State College and a Masters Degree in Education at the University of Phoenix. He and his wife of 30 years have one son. They live in Paradise Valley, AZ.
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I do research on the internet, on my laptop, in the library.
For some reason, it seems like I get in research mode better at the library, even if I’m using the same method I’d use at home. And, on the plus side, if I can’t find the resources I need, there’s a research librarian nearby…
Elizabeth
Mystery Writing is Murder
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By Elizabeth Spann Craig on 08.29.09 6:18 pm | Permalink
I’m struggling with finding information about Dubai. I’ve searched the You Tube and googledevery building I can think of. I’ve searched the US Embassy sites to see about travel tips.
The scene is such a short but crucial part of my story that I need to get it right.
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By Joyce on 08.29.09 8:43 pm | Permalink
I research some things on the internet, but mostly I go to the library and check out tons of books. One of them I bookmarked so much I ended up buying a copy and still reference it (for one particular WiP).
I guess I just love the idea of the library, but the internet is rather handy…
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By Eden Tyler on 09.01.09 7:06 am | Permalink
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