Get It Right! Stress-Free Research That Adds Authencity, Depth & Meaning To Your Book
Get it Right!
Stress-Free Research That Adds Authenticity, Depth & Meaning To Your Book
with Patricia Newman
Who It’s For: Nonfiction and fiction authors who want to uncover details, fact-check and make certain everything in their work is accurate and up to date.
What It Does: You’ll learn how to research anything easily and accurately, and how to avoid the pitfalls of AI hallucinations and misinformation.
What You Get: Lifetime Access to the Full Workshop + PDF Handout.
Every Book – Fiction or Nonfiction – Has One Thing In Common:
If your story takes place in the real world,
you have to get it right.
Whether you’re writing information-rich nonfiction or a fun story about a child’s hobbies, readers (and editors) need to believe that you know what you’re writing about.
From the intricacies of a spacecraft to the rules of a backyard game, details matter.
And details that are wrong? They really matter. Because once you’ve lost a reader, you aren’t likely to win them back.
The solution, of course, is to research all the real-world facts and situations included in your book.
But, let’s face it: research can be a massive pain in the neck.
- You don’t know which sources to trust or where to find the info you’re looking for
- Misinformation and AI hallucinations are everywhere
- Many sources are outdated, biased and inaccurate
and worst of all…
- Research can become a giant, frustrating time-suck that eats into your creative time and saps your creativity.
And, even more importantly, she’ll guide you away from the traps and pitfalls that await in the age of AI and misinformation.
This workshop is for you if:
- You write children’s nonfiction, biography or history
- You write historical fiction
- Your fictional characters work in professions you need to understand
- Your story involves science, nature, medicine, technology or specialized knowledge
- You are writing about an unfamiliar culture, setting or period
- You have accumulated research but don’t know how to organize or use it
- You worry that your sources may not be sufficiently reliable
- You are unsure how much research your book actually requires
- You want to approach experts but do not know where to begin
- You are curious about AI research tools but concerned about accuracy and ethics
- Or you simply want readers and editors to trust the world you have created
Patricia will guide you through the research process she uses to develop authoritative, compelling books for young readers.
You’ll learn how to move from the first spark of an idea to a focused research plan—and from an overwhelming mass of information to the specific facts, voices, sensory details and vivid detail your manuscript needs.
Patricia will show you how to:
- Evaluate an idea before investing months of work
- Locate sources that go far beyond an ordinary internet search
- Recognize reliable, questionable and biased information
- Identify experts and conduct useful interviews
- Keep your discoveries organized and retrievable
- Use firsthand research to bring a subject or setting to life
- And navigate the opportunities and dangers of AI-assisted research
Thanks Patricia!
You'll Learn:
- How to turn a promising idea into a focused research plan
- How to determine whether an idea is worth pursuing
- How to find information beyond a standard Google search
- How to evaluate whether a source is trustworthy
- How to find experts who can strengthen your book
- How to keep your research organized and usable
- How firsthand research can add vivid, distinctive details to your book
- How AI can—and cannot—assist with research
You Get Lifetime Access to the Full Workshop & Handouts
