How important are the Details?

[alpha-orionis-v.livejournal.com]

So, you're blasting through your novel this November, and then it happens. You hit a snag. Something that you wanted to have happen, but you don't really know anything about. Since it's NaNo, do you just trundle along anyway, making things up, fudging others, and employing the almighty handwavery? Or do you pause and sacrifice valuable minutes to go do the research to get your facts right?

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[kittydesade.livejournal.com]

Not Planet Bob?

I get very distracted by research, so I just save it for a break point. If it's a minor detail that probably won't affect much, I save it for the end.

Thankfully, I haven't had to do that yet. I probably will at some point soon, though; science fiction is not my best area of specfic.