You know what you know.
Entry posted by Libby Drew in Life and Writing
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Writing:
When I started writing fiction, I figured the places where I grew up, studied, worked and lived weren’t interesting enough to inspire readers. So I wrote about places that had never been home or that I hadn’t even visited. And I would keep the scale of those locations small or familiar to the masses. Settings that needed very little information to imagine.
It took me a while to get over this.
Fiction is often a reflection of what is real, and what better way to convey that than with the very real things in your own life? The things you've lived, breathed, seen, heard and smelled through the years. The moment I started incorporating details of these experiences into my writing, the better my stories became.
Embrace this. Fill your fiction with what you know, with the tangible reality you experience every day. This won’t turn your story into a memoir—it simply makes it more believable, gives your characters more depth and purpose, and makes your narrative stronger.
Stumped on your setting? Step outside and look around.
Life:
This is a tough one.
Today is the anniversary of my parents’ death. After four years, I expected some… muffling of my emotional reaction to the date. Nope. Still agonizing. Grief is insidious that way.
Love and miss you, mom and dad. Even if you did dress me like this:
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