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Write What You Know—But What If Your Knowledge Hits a Wall? By Brad Windhauser

Posted by virgowriter in Brad, Conducting Research on July 8, 2016

Write What You Know—But What If Your Knowledge Hits a Wall? By Brad Windhauser Write What You Know. I interpret this oldest-of-writing adages a few different ways. First, I believe it encourages me to explore the things that matter to me. Second, it suggests that I impose my world view on my work—my truth, basically. […]

Brad Windhauser, gentrification, Novel, Research in Fiction, The Intersection, write what you know

Who Am I?

Posted by wordimprovisor177 in Darlene, Writing The Other on November 19, 2015

By Darlene Cah I am a young Latina woman who sees Jesus’ face on a window shade in her apartment in the projects. I am an elderly male, Afro-American, Jazz bassist, who connects with a white mission woman in the audience through music. I am a white, lower middle-class, Italian-American woman who elopes with a […]

character development, Creating characters unlike yourself, Darlene Cah, fiction, short story, The writer as actor, write what you don't know, write what you know, writing