{"id":1728,"date":"2021-04-21T05:10:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T04:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2021-04-21T05:10:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T04:10:58","slug":"write-what-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/?p=1728","title":{"rendered":"Write What You Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1728\" class=\"elementor elementor-1728\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3737b83e elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3737b83e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a075aa8\" data-id=\"4a075aa8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39ec47bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39ec47bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Write What You Know<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261fb23e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"261fb23e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c6fee7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c6fee7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seth Godwynn<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-539b142 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"539b142\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55725587\" data-id=\"55725587\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1795f48c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1795f48c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"western\">There is a lot of advice for authors floating about, but the general consensus seems to be that the best piece of advice you\u2019ll ever be given is simple: write what you know!<\/h5><h5 class=\"western\">But is that really the best advice, and what on earth does it mean anyway?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bd15189 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bd15189\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3839cd2\" data-id=\"3839cd2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69bc2f06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69bc2f06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eagle-673560_1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1730\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eagle-673560_1280.jpg 1150w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eagle-673560_1280-300x130.jpg 300w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eagle-673560_1280-1024x445.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/eagle-673560_1280-768x334.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fb4acc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fb4acc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e59a02a\" data-id=\"2e59a02a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-975b56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"975b56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"western\">\u2018Write what you know\u2019 means simply to focus on writing about the topics you\u2019re most familiar with. It\u2019s really as simple as that. When you watch a movie by Quintin Tarantino, it\u2019s painfully clear from the outset that he really has no idea what he\u2019s talking about, and that everything you\u2019re seeing is little more than a projection of a fantasy going on in his head. Real gangsters don\u2019t behave the way he portrays them, nor do samurai, Nazis or cowboys. His work is pure fiction. It\u2019s eloquent fantasy to be sure, but it never tries to be anything more than that. It has no great bearing on reality.<\/p><p class=\"western\">While that\u2019s certainly commendable, and showcases his creativity, it could still be very much \u2018writing what he knows.\u2019 The suggestion here is that he might not have led the life of a criminal, he might not have trained in the Japanese martial arts, he might not been ever read a book set during World War 2, and he might never have ridden a horse through the wild plains, but he\u2019s still drawing on personal experience. He clearly hasn\u2019t lived these lives, but he has lived a life of fantasy, filling his mind with movies, stories and make-believe. He\u2019s not just writing what he knows, he\u2019s writing <i>all <\/i>that he knows.<\/p><p class=\"western\">But, for most of us, writing what you know really means drawing from our real world experience. This really is the best advice. Your work, especially at first, will need time to find its feet. While you\u2019re learning the art and craft of writing, you don\u2019t really want to add the pressure of needing to research every aspect of the subject, and of creating things that aren\u2019t familiar to you. It\u2019s best to create something you\u2019re already well versed in.<\/p><p class=\"western\">If you work in a shop, then bringing that experience into your work makes your characters more vibrant and your situations more real. The feel of what you produce will be more vividly expressed. Sticking to what you know, at least at first, really is the best way forward.<\/p><p class=\"western\">This was exactly what Kevin Smith did when he decided to made Clerks! His job at the time was to sit behind the counter of that very convenience store together with his best friend, and they\u2019d spend each day talking about comics and movies, and insulting the customers. That was what he knew, and that was the movie he ended up with.<\/p><p class=\"western\">A lot of work, particularly in modern cinema lacks an element of authenticity. When you see a movie, or read a story, there\u2019s often a disconnect from reality. That shift makes it very hard to lose yourself in the narrative, because elements just keep feeling wrong and jar you out of the story. In most cases, that\u2019s an example of a lack of research.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d58ae10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d58ae10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"618\" src=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/adyashanti-792303_640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1731\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/adyashanti-792303_640.jpg 640w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/adyashanti-792303_640-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Becoming the best author you can be doesn\u2019t happen overnight. It takes a lot of time and effort and wisdom comes from knowing that journey has to begin somewhere.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30722dc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30722dc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"western\">Take the example of modern method actors. Often, they will train for a role. They will lose, or gain weight, change their appearance, and really try to live the lives of their characters for months on end while they practice their skills. In cases like these, the end product will often be superior, because of the efforts of the players.<\/p><p class=\"western\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-239019f8\" data-id=\"239019f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21dbefb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21dbefb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We, as an audience, can feel and identify when someone has put in the effort, because it looks effortless. We don\u2019t see a mechanic working on a car and wonder if he\u2019s really a dancer. We know that person is a mechanic from the clothes they wear, their familiarity with the work, their posture and their attitude. If our story lacked those things, the believable elements might be lost, and the audience would not feel drawn in.<\/p><p class=\"western\">This is why writing what you know is so important. It gives you an advantage, a huge head-start in the minds of your readers. It means you can create a compelling world, simply by drawing on your own knowledge-base.<\/p><p class=\"western\">As you progress, of course, you can move on to more fantastic projects, but keeping your early work grounded in the familiar is always going to be good advice, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s advice that has stood the test of time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64772f99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"64772f99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"406\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girl-1721436_640.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1732\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girl-1721436_640.jpg 406w, http:\/\/edgeverse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girl-1721436_640-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Your best chance of success is in working to produce something that people can relate to. We relate best to other people, your writing should invite people to connect with your experiences in a human and emotional way. <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35d1eb91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35d1eb91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"western\">It doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t be creative. Just because you might be a hair-dresser, is doesn\u2019t mean your main character can\u2019t also be a murderer, or that their salon can\u2019t be aboard an intergalactic cruise liner, or in a village occupied by rabid space bees in a parallel dimension.<\/p><p class=\"western\">If you\u2019re a huge fan of a genre and have absorbed significant amounts of it, enough to leave you feeling driven to create some of your own, nobody is telling you not to do that. The advice is to ground your work, anchor it in your own reality in some way. Create story elements that you know so much about that you can speak with authority. Are you the youngest child in your family and always treated like the baby? Put that in. Do you feel you are treated unfairly at work due to factors you can\u2019t control? Draw on that, and use it in your story. Have you ever been falsely imprisoned on trumped up charges? You have something unique right there to share with the world, so channel every aspect of that experience into your work.<\/p><p class=\"western\">It\u2019s a great idea to write what you know, to include things you understand well into your stories. It\u2019s no more a cage than it is a rule. It\u2019s advice, probably some of the best you\u2019ll ever get, and it\u2019s meant to set you free. It\u2019s meant to help you find a way to make your work the best it can be, and for that to happen, it has to be the best of you. To find the best of you, you need to look at what you know best.<\/p><p class=\"western\">The wonderful thing about the human experience is that we\u2019re all largely the same. The way you feel will be the same as almost everyone else feels. The situation might be different, and the reasons won\u2019t be identical, but the experience will be familiar. Look to your own experience, start with what you know well and learn to express it clearly. That will connect you to the audience, and help them connect to your work.<\/p><p class=\"western\">It might not be where you want your career to go, but it\u2019s a great place to start.<\/p><p class=\"western\"><br \/><br \/><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-978d7d6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"978d7d6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3433dc9f\" data-id=\"3433dc9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3936020c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3936020c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-712f2eb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"712f2eb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-325468b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"325468b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-633353b5\" data-id=\"633353b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f3345cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f3345cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many thanks for reading this article. 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