: Re: Research overgrown main novel plan and writing I want your opinion on this: For about half a year now I've researched my novel. Because of situating the story to the part of an original Earth's

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If you write a history, it will likely be of interest only to yourself (or as preparation for your book). That's not necessarily a reason not to write it. JRR Tolkien put years of effort into world-building for his books, which is a key reason for their continued popularity.

If you do go ahead and write your narrative now, don't make the mistake of trying to cram all your research into the plot. To paraphrase advice from the great SF author, Theodore Sturgeon (via Delany), your narrative will be richest when it is located in a fully imagined setting, but the only things that should make it onto the page are the thing that the characters actually notice and interact with.

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