Comments on: Writing about what you don’t know http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/03/31/writing-about-what-you-dont-know/ A blog about writing, in its various forms Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:29:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Murdoch http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/03/31/writing-about-what-you-dont-know/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Jim Murdoch Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:50:51 +0000 http://scottnesbitt.net/weblog/2008/03/31/writing-about-what-you-dont-know/#comment-678 <p>This is something I've argued for a long time. Writing is all about discovery. It doesn't matter how well you know or think you know a subject writing about it always provides you with an opportunity to gain a bit more insight as you search for new words to say old things.</p> <p>Writing out of your comfort zone is liberating. I set my last book in Ireland in the 1930s and the devil is in the detail let me tell you.</p> This is something I’ve argued for a long time. Writing is all about discovery. It doesn’t matter how well you know or think you know a subject writing about it always provides you with an opportunity to gain a bit more insight as you search for new words to say old things.

Writing out of your comfort zone is liberating. I set my last book in Ireland in the 1930s and the devil is in the detail let me tell you.

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