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tlaquetzqui:

sussura:

People will say “write what you know!” But I know so little

“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.”

—Joe Haldeman

What a perfectly brutal comment.

posted 3 months ago on May 1, 2021
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    Joe Haldeman was a combat engineer in Vietnam. “Perfectly brutal” sums him up pretty damned well.
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    People will say “write what you know!” But I know so little
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