Can I over research my novel?

Can I over research my novel?

Russell Celyn Jones (Published writer. Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the MA Programme at Birkbeck College (University of London).) gives expert video advice on: Do I need to research my novel, and what kind of research should I do?; Can I over research my novel?; Should I write about what I know? and more...

You tend to over-research because you need to be immersed in the period detail, if you're writing historically. But that doesn't mean you use it all. There's nothing worse than a novel that tends to use all its research because it has been done by the author.