To me, 'write what you know' means using as raw material for a story a feeling or experience that's genuinely my own, rather than an idea I picked up from from a book or from the news, something that's external and not internal, and that has originally belonged to someone else. I think 'write what … Continue reading What Does ‘Write What You Know’ Mean?
When the victorious general entered the conquered castle, he noticed a soldier with his back to him, who was smashing with a mighty club the corpse of an archer, turning it into pulp. ‘Enough!’ the general said. The soldier turned - a long arrow was stuck in his left eye-socket.
While visiting a whorehouse abroad, old Thomas found his long-lost daughter. She took him to her chamber and undressed. She did not recognize him, and he pretended not to recognize her. Excusing himself, he paid her and went out without doing anything. That night old Thomas wept salty, salty tears.
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