March 29, 2016
Write What You Don’t Know, or, Write What You Want to Know
When I was young I was given the old chestnut, “Write what you know”. Like any other child I could write about my dog, my parents, my room, my friends and other such mundane topics. A brilliant child could write brilliantly about any of these topics and of course these subjects can be needful elements of any good story. The big point is, what any of us know at any given moment is limited. We are dipping into our own personal well of experience and that well runs dry pretty fast.
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