tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904837152437915711.post446889080786852054..comments2012-05-25T17:24:47.718-04:00Comments on Darrell B Nelson's writing: Writing What You Know (And why you shouldn't)Darrell B. Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02851443183217238218noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904837152437915711.post-66904334901295158162011-06-09T10:00:45.138-04:002011-06-09T10:00:45.138-04:00It is just like how writers should read heavily an...It is just like how writers should read heavily and outside their genre, they should also write outside that genre to improve.<br />Ian Fleming wrote what he knew, spy stories based on his experiences. He also wrote Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, dabbled in romance writing and some science fiction.<br />Issac Asimov wrote mysteries as well as science fiction and sometimes combined them.<br />And one wannabe science fiction writer also found people liked his horror more than his science fiction, Stephen King.<br />So it pays to explore writing in other genres, at the worst you can bring those elements back into your genre, at best you might find you are really gifted in a different genre.Darrell B. Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851443183217238218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904837152437915711.post-31934813625002183892011-06-08T17:23:38.569-04:002011-06-08T17:23:38.569-04:00Interesting perspective. ("It" is my fav...Interesting perspective. ("It" is my favorite of King's novels though I liked "Dead Zone" and "Firestarter" too, but I can see why it bothered you. Rape is a hard think to handle. I didn't even remember that scene, but I haven't read the book since college. Sorry, I digress.)<br /><br />I have a different take on it. I write what I like, but usually combine it with other things I like in ways I personally have not come across before. I think there's a tendency in my own brain to look at things differently than normal people so what I do tends to be twisted in ways I can't say I've seen elsewhere. <br /><br />Oddly enough, that's true for my rocket science work, too. I'm always asking questions no one else thought to ask.<br /><br />Thought provoking.Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.com