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When I taught fiction writing as a graduate student (University of Pittsburgh) in 2005 to undergraduates, some of my students turned in stories full of far-out characters and exotic places.
The problem was that these students did not know such people and had never been to these places; and it showed in their work.
This is not to say that a writer cannot write a good story that is purely made up.
Just know that it’s the story that makes a good story; which means you can write a very good story about the kinds of people you really know and the places you really know about.
Write about what you know.
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My life would make an amazing reality show. To write what I know would
would definely sell, but I’d have to go into hiding from family and friends.
I’m not there yet.
Betty, I know what you mean. I tell the truth about myself and my family, but I don’t tell everything.