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Little Details is a livejournal fact-checking community for writers. They are not currently as active as I'd like, but you can find there huge amounts of tiny details for writers, sorted by topic. ...

posted 6y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T21:57:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:40:39Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T08:40:39Z (almost 5 years ago)
**[Little Details](https://little-details.livejournal.com/)** is a livejournal fact-checking community for writers. They are not currently as active as I'd like, but you can find there huge amounts of tiny details for writers, sorted by topic. I have found them to be very useful. When they are active, they are happy to answer exactly the sort of questions you're asking about.

Some **Stack Exchange** s (SEs) do not like hypothetical questions, but others are very happy to give you the information you're looking for. [Worldbuilding](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/) in particular deals with all kinds of theoretical situations, (though your specific question isn't really world-building related, so this one wouldn't fit there,) but [here](https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/91656/which-way-to-face-while-praying-on-another-planet), for example, is me asking on Mi Yodeya about building synagogues on other planets. It's just a question of finding the right SE for your question.

**[TV Tropes](http://tvtropes.org/)** can be a useful resource. Look, in particular, at analysis pages of tropes, and at Real Life examples. However, be warned - TV Tropes sucks you in, and then you emerge several hours later, reading something interesting but totally unrelated, while whatever you've left in the oven has long turned into charcoal.

There is, of course, the Right Honourable Lord **Google** , and his daughter, Lady **Wikipedia**.

And if you feel comfortable introducing yourself as a writer (even if in fact you are an aspiring writer), you can go and **ask experts in the field**. (Students count as experts, and they're less intimidating.) I've seen an epidemiologist squee in delight when I've asked her to help me find ugly diseases with potentially lethal sequelae.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-04-30T13:26:47Z (over 6 years ago)
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