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How do you get familiar with something you want to write fiction about?

Asked by Mariah (25883points) January 23rd, 2015

The classic advice is “write what you know.”

I only know so much, though, and I don’t want to confine myself to only that. I would like to get to know other things so that I can write about them with an appropriate degree of sensitivity and empathy.

How would you go about this? One major thing for me will be to read a lot of first-hand accounts from people in similar situations to try to understand the feelings and nuances of being in their heads.

Know any good websites for reading first-hand accounts of people’s experiences? And what else would you recommend?

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