I think it works differently for everyone. Some people do amazing things with research, but for me, it just gets convoluted, and I start to think too much.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For an impression, I just find that I can do a lot of the people I love without much research, because I've already watched hours and hours of them on video and it seeped into my brain while I wasn't thinking about it.
Ninety percent of the research comes first. I mostly blunder around reading stuff and talking to smart people until an idea batters or oozes its way through to my narrative brain.
When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.
The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
Mostly, research is much more fun than the actual writing.
Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
I'm big on research. I love research, so I tend to do a lot of reading.
I become kind of obsessive about research.
I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.
Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought.