Write What You Know . . . Or Not?
“Start writing, no matter what.
What if we wrote only what we know?
Would our words be mundane, lackluster, boring?
Would the worlds we create seem common?
Uninteresting?
The characters flat and stencil-cut?
But . . .
Or do our writer worlds expand
the more we read?
the more we study?
the more we write?
My thesaurus is nearby
As is my stand-by dictionary.
Trusty internet and book sources:
all handy. My partners in this writing process
who help me create the worlds I live in
for weeks, for months.
I can be a cowboy, a minister, a thief, or an angel.
Because I've studied and learned and lived these characters.
I know how they would respond,
how they talk, look, feel.
I know their world as much or better than my own.
I write what I know.
Blessings!
2 comments:
I've seen some who write what they don't know very well, because they spend a great deal of time researching vs. those who think they know a topic well and shirk the research. But I can see benefits from both sides.
You're so right. I tend to favor those who do at least a little research tho. :)
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