Squaretable Seminars

I’ve heard that over and over, write about what you know. But I always want to go find something better, something more moving, something the reader has to pay attention to. And then when I write that way, it’s never really satisfying. When I do take the advice and write about what I know the writing flows more easily and naturally and I’m usually a lot more taken with the end result. And it’s also easier to take criticism because when I know the subject so well I know a lot more alternatives to how to revise it.