Write what you know:

These are from the writer’s conference of life the universe and everything. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

Readers want to read about the trails of a character achieving a goal. The character may not be good at woodwork.

Write about things you want to learn about.
Some write about things that fascinating.
Write about things you’ve experienced and you can include the sensory detail.
Many day to day tasks involve a lot of tedium. Want to reference that experience to give a sense of the tedium but don’t take 20 pages to do it. Just provide enough to give the mindset.
Traveling to new places can be put into fiction.
You can use experience flying a helicopter to flying a spaceship.
The more you know about something the more you can extrapolate.
When pitting info from research into a book it should be relevant to the plot.
It’s good to have readers read your manuscript.
Absolute write: online group.
Have different beta readers who have different types of knowledge.
Critters: online critique group.
What do you want to know about? Some will read all types of publications. It provides a wide range of knowledge that can be accessed later. Fill the cup to access upon need.
Be a lifelong learner. You can find things you want to write about.
To get a real sense of a location for your book, use google map and look at the street view.
If you want to try to use a dentist mirror to look around a building, Try it, you will see it does not meet what you need; but, a bike mirror would be better.
Many will associate magic with physic ability. Magic needs to be useful or entertaining.
When you do a magic system you need to be consistent.
Book: the ghost rice.
In a mystery, you may have a character who does not notice clues. So it would b out of character for them to find it. They may need to trip over the clue or have the detective see it.
You can have an interest, making soap, and put that a story.
If you get bored in describing something in your book, your readers will also be bored. Then remove it. Click on one interesting detail.