What is a weird/uncomfy thing you had to research for your story? Promo your stories!

djourner 2021-08-10 20:06:47 UTC #82

Oh just wanted to add my latest terrible search here.

'How long can a five year old go without eating?'
100% i'm on a watchlist now xD

jenessamdsilva 2021-08-11 04:00:07 UTC #83

My main search was on mental health and the present stigma in society. Researching different stories did made me emotional and uncomfortable, especially how their conditions effected their relationship with their friends and family.
Check out my novel, its a romance thriller.

xstarx07 2021-08-11 06:03:55 UTC #84

This actually happened totally by accident, but I'm lots of fun with this:

Recently, I discovered a YouTube channel that covers a conspiracy theory iceberg, the guy is on Tier 9 of 10 at this point and it's super chill to watch, especially because he doesn't put scary music in his videos! He covers a lot about supernatural stuff too, my favorite right now is the "stairs in the woods" one ^^

The thing is, the deeper I got into the playlist, the more I realized that many plotpoints I made over the last 9-10 years contain a lot of things from that iceberg. Though, they make great story concepts, I gotta admit.

liaroger 2022-03-13 23:45:27 UTC #85

I'm currently trying (and failing) to find out what the sodium content of the Atlantic Ocean is in mmol/l to get a rough idea of just how ridiculous my ocean deity's blood sodium level would and just how much it would shock doctors. So much for the weird stuff.
EDIT: About 480 mmol/l. I think.

As for the uncomfortable stuff ... whaling. I'm procrastinating that at the moment because part of me doesn't want to know all the gruesome details, let alone depict them (even though I will sink the whaling ship -_-)

Nada 2022-03-14 00:45:48 UTC #86

When I looked up demon names for my comic, I found one in particular that caught my eye, but when I read his meaning... OMG!!!! Let's just say it's a controversial name. Fortunately I did research first before posting.

BriggsWall 2022-03-14 02:04:56 UTC #87

Weirdest thing I had to do to promote my series, hm, probably getting into social media. Believe me or not, I never used twitter in my life, not bc of anything, rather, I just didn't like much, when it started twitter was kinda teenagy and cringe with some weird posts, It didn't change much along the years, but now I find more artists there.
So it might not sound to great to you, but for me it was hella strange, when I started my novel, I realized it was better to promote it, but I didn't have much experience in the subject back then, (even now, sweat smile*) but I created a twitter, to post drawings, novel quotes, and so on... But I didn't have followers, I sent link to my subs when the chapter was over, some followed, but the majority didn't. So I was like, "how da hell I get ppl to see posts?" Then I enetered a bunch of follow me and follow back or ppl that retweeted stories and promo things.
It was so weird having to go on posts, which I'd normally ignore, and now struggling to get ppl to see my work.Getting out of my shell gets me really uncomfortable, talking to people or asking them to see my things, it still does, but no one will see me if I don't go myself, so I try my best to do that. Hopefully I created something others will enjoy and will forgive my clumsy promotions.
Btw, if anyone got time to spare, this is my novel.

sookyrottweiler 2022-03-14 22:34:55 UTC #88

Chapter one of this thing deals with alcoholism and child abuse but the one thing that I really thought twice was the name I gave to the witch, la Taoueille.

When I was a child, I always heard "taoueille" as a pet name, one of those many acadian words that either came from old french, deformed english or mi'kmaq, or a blend of all three for all we know.

When I found an article on wikipedia in french explaining la Taoueille as a benevolet witch who throws hexes, but never to someone who does not diserve it, I just had to put her into my story!

Trouble is, la Taoueille can be used as a slur against first nation women. In his 1970's song, Le Monde qu'on Connait, Gerald Leblanc translated it into "Sauvagesse" criiiinge!

I decided to go ahead with the story but later I decided to mention it and show the story to a first nations' Facebook group, saying that I was willing to change "Taoueille" into the more plain "sorcière/witch". I got a few likes on the story and nobody objected, so I kept it that way.

SheniraS 2022-03-15 08:19:13 UTC #89

I am an avid researcher because one of my novels is historical fiction. Pillow cases were invented in 1921. The weirdest thing I had to research though was for my contemporary romance A Galactic Star. I am incapable of flirting on a good day, thus, flirting over text would be near impossible. So, when I went to write a scene where the MC flirts via text with the romantic lead, I had to look up how
It worked out in the end

Christy_Oshima 2022-03-16 08:39:18 UTC #90

The weirdest...hmmm...I'd have to say 'pictures of decomposed bodies and the stages" and "cocain's effect on a non-user's mind". Both for the same story. Both done at noon, when my mother would come in my room frequently. I was quite the brave one, otherwise she;d lock me up in a mental hospital.

But jokes aside, I keep on searching weird stuff all the time for my stories and my characters and i've forgotten what should be considered weird and what not. I mean, there was a time i was writing a novel back in high school and i needed to know desperately whether excessive amounts of pain can wake a person from comatose state. That back then seemed weird to me but now im like...pfft, please. I've seen things out there waaay worse.

^_^" Im sane, i swear

Nada 2022-03-16 12:40:50 UTC #91

Yes, I think you're sane too.... 🤭🤣🤣🤣

PS. I say it sarcastically.

Christy_Oshima 2022-03-16 13:50:16 UTC #92

Damn it...I've been exposed XD

EchoMan 2022-03-16 14:02:11 UTC #93

Well, since my novels deal a lot with criminal gangs, I've had to do a lot of research into organised crime groups and how they operate, methods of drug smuggling, hitmen, human trafficking, you know, all that stuff. So yeah, definitely things that would get my FBI agent worked up . And since I have more books planned, I guess it's only going to get worse .

Feel free to check out my novels and subscribe if you're interested:

simplykit 2022-03-16 15:37:17 UTC #94

the subject of my research was not weird but what i was using it for...

i had to look into the human body, muscles, skeletal system

so i can have an accurate way of dismembering parts when the hacking and slashing
scenes on my comic comes

silenthisper 2022-03-20 21:28:16 UTC #95

Hey,

Thanks for making this thread and honestly my saving grace for mine was the fact that my story is set in the period of the 1600s. But what I researched was medieval torture methods, witch hunts, prison conditions and literally how long can a human body last in poor, extreme circumstances (like symptoms of hypothermia or minimum water and food, etc).

So.. anyway. Here's mine. It's a collection of spoken word and quotes, collected over 4 years. The genres are fantasy, slice of life and a little bit of non-fiction- Interested? Here's the description below!

In this technologically advanced generation where we are continuously connected yet constantly isolated, the feeling of invisibility can be quite deafening as a result. Even so, when night falls, people from all walks of life gather at this particular place. A blissfully tranquil land where any memories can be found amongst countless levitating, multicoloured bubbles. Nevertheless, there was once a girl with an enchanted quill who stood in the fragile veil between these contrasting worlds... Determined to record and make known the symphonies of the countless travellers who have traversed the land. Who knows? Your symphony may be lying in wait amongst her collection...

If you like what you read, feel free to like or comment- Updates are on every first Wednesday of each month! Btw, if you want updates, be sure to subscribe!

Tired_Spider 2022-03-20 21:58:52 UTC #96

Alright, I've searched:

Racial slurs and punishments: yeah yeah I know, how original
Modern slavery: sad fact over 40 million slaves still exist today
Modern chemical warfare: gas
Modern biological warfare: RONA
Poison effects on anatomy: gross
Psychopaths: expected
Psychology of submissive people: like BDSM shit and I'm gonna say, it's nasty
Dog and other animals fight: best to stick it in stories
Corruption of government: kinda living in it with ScoMo
Illegal GMOs: both animals and humans

It was all interesting, some of them were uncomfortable but still were interesting.

bakazcup 2022-03-20 22:17:40 UTC #97

Mine is about magic and elements, but there are other things like weapons in the story. In the beginning when I was naming things, to make the names more "fantasy" feel to it, I looked up a bunch of latin meaning words. And also due to the weapons I also looked up guns and other weapons to kill. There were times where I had to look up some medical names on stuff, due to my story having some human experimentations.

Juvia Elias, a girl who knew she was different from the rest. She's been alone most of her life, but when a mysterious woman comes and attack her, her life changes completely.

smokesalty 2022-03-20 22:26:33 UTC #98

I was looking into what size body bags need to be, how much blood the human body can bleed before they die, torture methods etc. I also looked into the effects of eating pure capsaicin (apparently people get hospitalised from the tiniest bit if it's not at all diluted) which was quite interesting. I'm also going to need to look at references for gore later on

Ah gotta love being a horror writer

TheLemmaLlama 2022-03-21 01:51:27 UTC #99

On a more lighthearted (but still uncomfy) note, bathroom graffiti!

tactical_anxiety 2022-03-21 02:56:45 UTC #100

Just…so many fast food menus from the 90s, man… I think I have the Wikipedia page for the McRib open in at least three separate tabs I am deeply intimate with reference photos of Taco Bell’s public restroom

(https://tapas.io/series/Youre-Something-Else/ep1)

goatbat 2022-03-21 06:22:19 UTC #101

i feel out of place here since i'm not even writing a horror story currently and yet my research has been so bleak xD barely anything dark actually happens on screen and yet the research i did for various background details or to get context for various things?? so depressing lol.

most recent one was researching certain types of childbirth complications, so google ended up showing me lots of photos of injured babies ;_;

. . . anyways, uh, pls read my comic!! https://tapas.io/series/Real-Lies/info