What if I don’t know anything?

by Dietrich

How has your life shaped your writing? 

Life experiences come into play in one way or another and affect my writing. Emotions, senses and imagination all get called on. 

The thing is, if I only wrote about places I’ve actually been and experiences I’ve had, I’d feel hedged in and limited, and I probably wouldn’t have much to say. The mistake is thinking that ‘write what you know’ means to only write about events and places I’ve actually experienced. Of course, common sense would tell an...