Write What You Know
Tips to help you tap into writing
It is the advice given to third-graders and touted in every writing course you will ever take. And yet, many authors fight against this advice.
The whole joy of writing is to explore new worlds, right? How does writing what you know harmonize with that?
Here are five tips to help you tap into writing what you know while still allowing you to explore new thoughts, ideas, and worlds.
Start with writing your experiences
Writing about your experiences may seem like most boring of exercises, but when a writer taps into her experiences, she can incorporate feelings, emotions, and sensations that other writers miss out on.
Take the greatest experience in your life and write about it.
Tap into the who, what, when, why, where, and how that made it so great.
Conversely, take the worst experience of your life and do the same.
Explore your experiences in detail — the thoughts, feelings, sensations that led to that experience.
Dig deep, and your writing will be rich and detailed, allowing the reader to see into your soul. Not so boring, is it?
