What Does ‘Write What You Know’ Actually Mean?

‘Write what you know,’ said my English teacher. I was ten, and I’d just swum with dolphins, so that’s what I wrote about. But I also read and watched a lot of fantasy. Surely those people weren’t writing what they knew? Or were they? ‘Write what you know,’ is the kind of advice given by … Continue reading What Does ‘Write What You Know’ Actually Mean?