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Offline Yeratel

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"Write What You Know."
« on: October 12, 2007, 07:56:14 PM »
Writing about things from personal experience is a great way to add a feeling of realism to your stories. Unless, as in this case, you are a horror novelist writing a book about murder and cannibalism: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301254,00.html
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Re: "Write What You Know."
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2007, 02:31:02 AM »
Wow, that's some hard core research.
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Offline Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon)

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Re: "Write What You Know."
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2007, 03:21:24 AM »
That... is taking research way too far.

EDITED TO ADD: If this didn't come from a fairly reliable news source, I'd think it was the plot for an episode of "Criminal Minds".

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Re: "Write What You Know."
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2007, 02:23:16 AM »
Or CSI, if they reach to that city.  In other words, that is just scary.
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