"Write what you know" - what a crock!
When you start out they always tell you to "write what you know". Seems to make sense, after all, you'll be writing about something where you have a set of insights. But I say, rubbish!
Beginning writers take this far too literally. Just because you're a nurse doesn't mean you're limited to hospital tales. "Write what you know" simply means - or damn well should mean - "write where your passion lies".
If we’d all just write “what we know,” then wouldn’t have sci-fi, fantasy, horror, you name it! After all, it’s all made up. And that rig…
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