As a girl trying to improve my writing I do as much research as possible.....especially when it comes to health like broken bones and heart attacks etc.

More recently I had to look up more research on the Israeli army for an NCIS fic (while I had a lot of info from my trip last year I had to some extra research to make sure I was hearing a fact correctly).

I think it's very important to have your facts straight when writing otherwise you look like a fool if your fic has the wrong fact.