Bad books on writing tell you to “WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW,” a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.
Joe Haldeman (via rachelfershleiser)
I cannot reblog this enough, this is hilarious to me.
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Stay away from Blue Angel. It was one of the worst, most uncomfortable books I’ve ever read. “Satire,” my foot.