K.J. Joyner
I beg of you: know what you write. Write what you know. And if you don't know it, do some research!
There are some aspiring authors who go so far as to make up their own worlds with their own rules, thinking they can bypass this one solid guideline and ultimately they still have to learn and know... something, be it which way is starboard to the flight ratio of a coconut laden swallow and what breed. You're not going to escape it, so you might as well get familiar with how to do your research and be comfortable with broadening your horizons. A poorly written book is often one that has two dimensional characters and two dimensional worlds. Learning things beyond your comfort zone fixes that.
There are some aspiring authors who go so far as to make up their own worlds with their own rules, thinking they can bypass this one solid guideline and ultimately they still have to learn and know... something, be it which way is starboard to the flight ratio of a coconut laden swallow and what breed. You're not going to escape it, so you might as well get familiar with how to do your research and be comfortable with broadening your horizons. A poorly written book is often one that has two dimensional characters and two dimensional worlds. Learning things beyond your comfort zone fixes that.
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