From: "Robert Elkin" <
rictusaporia@yahoo.com>
> "Write about what you know," huh? And how could
he
> write about what he DOESN'T know?
It's called research, and can be done via books, the library,
newspaper records, encyclopedias, internet, first-person
interviews and secondhand retelling, personal experiences and
a whole host of other avenues that will garner you knowledge
about subjects of which you were previously unfamiliar.
But I agree that it in less skilled hands, this approach can
lead to a rather pallid, by-the-numbers read as compared to
the richer canvas often given by an author whose personal
history infuses his writing. Conversely, many do just fine
writing what they *don't* know (until research -- and
imagination -- become involved).
Ron C.
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