Every Book Needs Research

I've been avoiding writing my book for a while now thanks to it not fitting perfectly within the criteria of what makes a book (according to the book I bought to help guide me through the writing process). I believe I've figured out why, however, and just need to put back in a conflict I took out. So that problem was solved today.

New problem. There is no day/assignment dedicated to research. I don't care if you're writing a memoir based on your memories, everyone has to do some form of research. Even though I am writing fiction about a world I've created I need to do research to provide believable details about these characters' lives and there isn't a day or assignment dedicated to that. Thus, I had to stop writing today before I even began, and place books on hold at the library for research on my novel.

Well, I just flipped ahead through the book and found the week dedicated to research. Only it's about four weeks into writing and I'm just starting week three and already having problems. Should I just ignore the problems I'm having with details and names until I get to that week? I don't understand how I can do that when some of the information is so... central to the story. Or maybe I just believe it's central when it's actually just details? However, this book is asking me to write scenes and I'm having to leave blank spaces because I don't know enough to answer a question thoroughly as I know my character would.

This is getting confusing.

This is driving me nuts.

I think I need to sleep on it.