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Note that this does not include explicitly educational productions, since they obviously have to be both accurate and explanatory to be effective.
Compare [[Write What You Know]] (where the writer doesn't need to research because he already knows the topic inside-out), [[Doing It for the Art]], [[Narrative Filigree]] (both also about going above and beyond in regards to production quality), [[Lampshaded the Obscure Reference]].
Note that this is only as good as the writer makes it. Just because you did the research, doesn't mean it adds to the story. Likewise, sometimes it's better just to make things up. Remember that one of the reasons why the [[Sci Fi Ghetto]] existed in the first place was because Authors of old (and some still do) overused this trope, creating walls of [[Info Dump]] instead of stories. If people wanted to have a lecture in Science, they would grab scientific essays in the first place.
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'''Try to keep this page from becoming [[Gushing About Shows You Like]].'''
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If the work is simply using real locations as backgrounds, consider using [[Real Place Background]]. If the work contains both real backgrounds and other research, then by all means include it here as well.
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''Comparing [[Shown Their Work]] and [[Write What You Know]]:'' Shown Their Work is for the times when the writer did the research on a subject and let the results appear in the work, while Write What You Know is for the times when the writer knew the subject from previous experience. As an example, somebody who researched a particular small town would know where the only diner is, while somebody who grew up in that town would know what to order because it's the cook's specialty.
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[[Category:Liddell and Scott Greek-English Lexicon]]
[[Category:Creator Standpoint Index]]
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