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My writing teacher insisted on 'write what you know' for 3 months straight
She said to only use settings and jobs I had lived through, which felt super limiting. I tried it for a whole project and my story about a barista felt flat and boring. Then I switched to a prompt about a deep-sea welder, something I know nothing about, and did a ton of research. That story got way more interest from my writing group last week. Has anyone else found that 'write what you know' can actually hold you back sometimes?
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