Writing Great Fiction. Episode 23, Approaches to Researching Fiction.
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James Hynes
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2014.
Write what you know is a common dictum, but what happens when you run up against the limits of your knowledge? What if you want to write a story about something other than your own life? What real-life details do you have an obligation to get right? Find out how fiction writers approach the unknown.