"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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Published on April 23, 2014 13:20
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