Harriet Robin New Orleans School of Cooking |
In sum, fiction—the ultimate untruth—must,
of necessity, be based in truth, and supported by facts. Our written untruth must be believable. Thorough
research is how we attain this believable untruth. Research is the lifeblood of
good fiction. If it doesn’t ring true, the reader will soon be bored and more
likely to put our novel down and, worse, add us to their “do not read” list.