usedbooks at 5:32PM, Sept. 25, 2020

@kawaii: lol. Maybe you're the audience for it. I sure wasn't. XD Took me right out of the story.

kawaiidaigakusei at 10:17PM, Sept. 24, 2020

@usedbook, I am so intrigued about W. Goldman’s pages of technical descriptions of fencing technique! I LOVE that type of text-book like writing. I studied fencing for two years and the final class was spent watching the Princess Bride’s fencing scene because of the advanced technical skill.🤺 ⚔️🤺

usedbooks at 5:47PM, Sept. 24, 2020

But be careful with that passion. My uncle, a doctor, has taken up writing fantasy novels in his retirement. His first draft had tedious technical descriptions of medical stuff. Similarly, the book Princess Bride has a coma-inducing multi-page swordfight in it that reads like a technical fencing guide. You can bore non-industry people with your passions if you aren't careful. Remember to step outside yourself and read your work from an outsider perspective.

PaulEberhardt at 11:26AM, Sept. 24, 2020

I quite unashamedly write what I know. It's much preferable to not knowing what I write. Great article, Banes! It sums up just what I think about this topic, too.

KAM at 4:46AM, Sept. 24, 2020

Never use yourself as a character. I made that mistake. Ugh! I didn't grow or change. That's the real reason why I had me stuffed in a trunk and shipped to Abu Dabbi. I was boring as a character.

bravo1102 at 4:11AM, Sept. 24, 2020

I've known plenty of people so it's not just me, but everyone I've ever seen or met. When I first wanted to be a writer I realized how important observing people could be. You could almost say that it's a group effort. It's not just what I know, but everyone I have ever known.

Andreas_Helixfinger at 3:20AM, Sept. 24, 2020

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Ozoneocean at 1:23AM, Sept. 24, 2020

Yes, record your feelings about a reaction to something to make a character seem more real, that's the best way to use the "write what you know" adage.