tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post7056364510895947788..comments2023-08-13T07:13:45.326-05:00Comments on LK Hunsaker, Thoughts and Sketches: Write What You Know - but what does that mean??LK Hunsakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-78745805740169016812009-06-27T11:41:03.238-05:002009-06-27T11:41:03.238-05:00Mona, exactly! If you research well enough, then y...Mona, exactly! If you research well enough, then you know.<br /><br />Celia, great minds. ;-) I'm running behind but I'll check your post, too. One thing about all the traveling I've done, I at least have a feel for a lot of areas and so combining that with research works fine.<br /><br />Pat, yes, I have travel books, also. They were a big help in writing my Scotland scenes before I LK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-87262666155899709652009-06-25T13:45:08.047-05:002009-06-25T13:45:08.047-05:00If a writer can't quite describe a scene he or...If a writer can't quite describe a scene he or she is trying to visualize, help is at hand. The internet can take us right inside hotel rooms and restaurants. Travel guides can describe nearly every country, city, or town. Cookbooks can help with cuisine, and children's science books can decipher the mysteries of the universe so mere mortals can understand them. No creative person needs Pat McDermotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17969402820726235963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-25667011907707090432009-06-25T11:52:02.628-05:002009-06-25T11:52:02.628-05:00How interesting--this morning on Skhye's blog,...How interesting--this morning on Skhye's blog, she asked--to win a $50 gift certificate--what is your best writing tip? She already had 20 replies, so I added mine--know what it was? "Write what you know, and use what you know." (forgive the grammar.) Now, I mean that to a certain extent, so I stick to the southwest and Texas in particular--even Historical. Still, I need to do Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-21589775295351177422009-06-25T11:13:26.157-05:002009-06-25T11:13:26.157-05:00Write what you know, yes, but research what you do...Write what you know, yes, but research what you don't know and write about it anyway, exactly as you are doing. I wrote medical scenes based on thorough research.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-36620937878415592982009-06-25T11:06:37.998-05:002009-06-25T11:06:37.998-05:00Dawn, thank you. It's not really my definition...Dawn, thank you. It's not really my definition, but what I've seen from writers I respect. I don't like definitions and rules that are taken much too literally or too narrow. It's in the interpretation.<br /><br />Kenneth, I LOVED NYC when I visited and had no issues with rudeness. Thank you for the apology but I never, ever judge a whole group/city from one person. As far as LK Hunsakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706929624587891992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-50499808177833333922009-06-25T05:36:59.916-05:002009-06-25T05:36:59.916-05:00Write what you know... you are absolutely correct ...Write what you know... you are absolutely correct about writing about people and emotions and social interaction etc. As for settings - well, what about Google Earth? I've used it a few times, and found it really is great. I recently wrote an article about Oxford Street for Helium, and by using Google Earth was able to describes colours on the streets etc. Sure, I've been to Oxford Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-3733207010902905922009-06-25T04:59:52.321-05:002009-06-25T04:59:52.321-05:00It's Bozos like that guy that give the rest of...It's Bozos like that guy that give the rest of us native New Yorkers a bad name. Most New Yorkers are genuinely friendly and helpful. <br /><br />Just a thought... could you have simply invented a place that fit your requirements? Or do you have to have verisimilitude?<br /><br />Apologies to you from civil New Yorkers past and present.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995690507782627790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27660174.post-51279582491744883522009-06-25T01:10:09.460-05:002009-06-25T01:10:09.460-05:00I totally agree!! I like your new definition of th...I totally agree!! I like your new definition of the whole "write what you know" rule. We should not just write what we "know." As you said, literature would be so limited if we did. Great blog post!Dawn Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291423272908722351noreply@blogger.com