Researching a Short Story

By teacherayala · Apr 24, 2011 · 460 · 3
  1. So far, my protagonist has changed into a completely different person. (Too bad, because I really liked the other protagonist's name.) I have been researching people who are involved in a political campaign. I've also tried to research what kinds of crimes take place in a political campaign, and have completely changed my scenario. The only thing I wish I could do is actually work within a political campaign or even visit one just to see what the energy is like, what the people are like who work on a political campaign and how they handle a particular crisis. I've been doing my best to contact people via Twitter or via the www just to see if I can understand this world a little better.

    My research is taking much longer than I expected, and my synopsis has entirely changed. It's still coming together because there are so many different aspects of this setting that I still don't understand. I don't want to have to ditch the story because the way people behave simply doesn't make any sense.

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  1. Cogito
    Have you considered misappropriation of campaign funds?
    Cogito, Apr 24, 2011
  2. teacherayala
    I was trying to work on a "campaign leaks" idea, but I'm not quite sure how information in a campaign is protected, how Voter Files are stored, etc. Who's responsible for the security of the information?

    I also then have to figure out who in the campaign itself would be a mole and be able to get in far enough to get access to things that are supposed to be secure...
    teacherayala, Apr 25, 2011
  3. teacherayala
    I was trying to work on a "campaign leaks" idea, but I'm not quite sure how information in a campaign is protected, how Voter Files are stored, etc. Who's responsible for the security of the information?

    I also then have to figure out who in the campaign itself would be a mole and be able to get in far enough to get access to things that are supposed to be secure...
    teacherayala, Apr 25, 2011
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