Blog 7: Developing my Research Question

Generra Johnson

25 September 2012

ENG 3029-01

Professor Chandler

Blog 7: Developing my Research Question

            My topic is: What is the difference between adult romance stories and teen romance stories?

1.      Ideas and Questions for Topic (Includes Question 2):

·         One big and huge difference between adult and teen romance stories is that adult stories show it all. In other words there is sex, violence, and rated R type things in the adult romance stories, while in the teen romance stories: the stories mainly talk about the issues that teens are dealing with in their daily lives and the stories stay modest.

·         Adult romance stories also go into greater detail about the daily lives of adults. How they live and how they struggle to get by. Then what it added in is relationships- friendship relationships and intimate relationships.

·         Teen romance stories deal with not only the daily lives of teens, but the stories also include the new things teens encounter every day. Two examples are love and their future.

2.      What I Need To Know to Answer My Research Question:

·         What are the plots in teen romance stories?

·         What are the plots in adult romance stories?

·         How are readers drawn into teen and adult romance stories?

·         What makes adult romance stories so passionate and intense?

·         What makes teen romance stories so serious and yet romantic?

·         What makes the adult and teen romance stories so fulfilling to the reader?

·         What makes a reader desire to read the adult and teen romance stories a second time, and many other times after that?

3.      Formulate A Research Plan:

·         I hope to discover the differences between teen romance stories and adult romance stories, not only as an assignment, but also because I want to know how to write both types of stories on my own.

·         The statement of my research question is: What is the difference between adult romance stories and teen romance stories?

·         The information I need to gather is: On the plots, characters, images, elements, key terms, and conclusions. I also need to gather how do the authors start and plan their stories as well.

·         Primary List of Sources (This List Will Be Updated Continuously):

Relevance:
Database:	Nancy Thompson Library
Main Author:	Glicken, Morley D.
Title:	Mature Friendships, Love, and Romance A Practical Guide to Intimacy for Older Adults.
Primary Material:	Book
Physical Description:	Computer File
Includes:	Computer File
Publisher:	Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (215 p.)
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record.
	Written to appeal to men as well as women, Mature Friendships, Love, and Romance: A Practical Guide to Intimacy for Older Adults is a serious book about love, romance, intimacy, and sexuality, as well as friendship and family. It is about what happens when older adults lack close relationships and about practical ways to address that isolation and loneliness. ||Through personal stories and vignettes, readers will see how notions of friendship, intimacy, and love change as we age, what mature love is, and what factors can make it challenging. Among the topics discussed are late-life divorces an
URL:	http://www.kean.eblib.com/EBLWeb/patron?target=patron&extendedid=P_554270_0&
Linked Resources:	Click here to view book
Database:	Nancy Thompson Library
Location:	Electronic Resource
Number of Items:
Linked Resources:	Click here to view book

·         A Plan to Gather Information:

o   I will be studying adults and teens.

o   Where I will collect my information has not been decided yet.

o   How many subjects I will study is: I will pick at random until I have an even number.

o   The methods I will use to conduct my study are: interviews and written analysis.