"Bad books on writing tell you to ‘WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW’, a solemn and totally false adage that is the..."
“Bad books on writing tell you to ‘WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW’, a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.”
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Joe Haldeman (via maxkirin)
I have said this a million times. “Write what you know” is bullshit.
LEARN THINGS TO KNOW THAT ARE WORTH WRITING ABOUT.
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