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McAnally's (The Community Pub) => Author Craft => Topic started by: Yeratel on October 12, 2007, 07:56:14 PM

Title: "Write What You Know."
Post by: Yeratel on October 12, 2007, 07:56:14 PM

Writing about things from personal experience is a great way to add a feeling of realism to your stories. Unless, as in this case, you are a horror novelist writing a book about murder and cannibalism: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301254,00.html

Title: Re: "Write What You Know."
Post by: blgarver on October 13, 2007, 02:31:02 AM

Wow, that's some hard core research.

Title: Re: "Write What You Know."
Post by: Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon) on October 13, 2007, 03:21:24 AM

That... is taking research way too far.

EDITED TO ADD: If this didn't come from a fairly reliable news source, I'd think it was the plot for an episode of "Criminal Minds".

Title: Re: "Write What You Know."
Post by: Cooper on October 15, 2007, 02:23:16 AM

Or CSI, if they reach to that city.  In other words, that is just scary.