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by Pistachio on October 17th, 2009
Depends on the book...the more knowledge, imagination, and experience can make a book sell more...rather makes the whole thing mare believeable ??? +4
by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on October 15th, 2009
Always? I think its a great rule of thumb
by PharFigNewton on October 15th, 2009
Some of the most enduring writers have done just that: Mark Twain, F Scott Fitzgerald, Joseph Conrad, Tim O'Brien, Flannery O'Connor, Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, John Knowles, Betty Smith, Herman Melville, Ken Kesey, Charles Dickens.
Their most glowing works are those that deal with their own experiences. When authors write what they know, the stories seem more rich and are easily assimilated into contemporary culture.
by downtide on October 13th, 2009
If writers only did that, there would never be any science fiction or fantasy.
by Prunesquallor on October 17th, 2009
Writers can make up any surface feature of their story that they like. But if they wish to write well, everything else has to come from their own experience.
by Gene H on October 17th, 2009
Two schools of thought. One is research can make a writer know anything. The other is that a cliche like that would be ignored by all good writers.
by Marguerite on October 15th, 2009
No, they write what they want to write about and then research the subject. This takes lots of time. I've heard of writers taking years to complete books because they have to travel, gather information, and then write.
by graysey on October 15th, 2009
I think what's important is to write with conviction.
by evandad on October 13th, 2009
Not even in non-fiction. Poetic license is always allowed.
by Symbeline on October 13th, 2009
They should write what they want, although knowing something about their subject of interest might help, whether that's the content, or the style in which to write it.
by Ms.A on October 13th, 2009
Is that why Stephen King scares me so much??
Is the name of a book underlined?
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by XT on December 16th, 2011
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(Writing a story about a rich man's murder) Is it believable for the man's pretty young wife and her lover to drown him in the bathtub?
by leely on January 3rd, 2012
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