The lost art. It must be. It seems to me no one bothers with it anymore and that's just so so sad.

When writing a murder mystery - it's wise to research law and police procedures.

When writing a story set in the UK - it's wise to research your setting and get it right.

When writing any story, some research into behaviors of subcultures is wise if you use them, some research into the behavior of children is wise if you use them as characters...

Why isn't research done when the information you need is so accessible??? Have writers really gotten that lazy?

bleh. Maybe I'm the only one who gets annoyed with this - but really, once I start spotting places where it's so blatantly obvious that no research has been done - whatever I'm reading, no longer holds any promise and the suspension of disbelief that is so very vital to storytelling is ripped into a million shreds. Come on writers! Wake up! Where's your pride in your work, in your craft? I'm working on a fantasy, set in a very different kind of place with a very different kind of people, but still, I research to make sure that certain things feel natural. Still I research to make sure that it doesn't ring false. Shouldn't you, who set your story on Earth with Humans and Things and Places that your readers are going to know, make sure you at least make an attempt at accuracy?