Hot take: That "write what you know" advice is just bad for fantasy writers

I tried sticking to it for my novel last March and ended up with a dull story about my job at a grocery store in Denver. Look, I get the logic, but it killed my creativity. I finally ditched it and wrote a scene about a dragon fighting a cyborg, and it was way more fun. Anyone else feel like that rule holds back genre writing?

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wren_rodriguez1mo ago

Nah "write what you know" is just boring advice. My worldbuilding is way more interesting than my actual life.

simonmoore1mo ago

Doesnt that just mean you write what you know about worlds?