"Write what you know" means two things, because there are two ways to know something.
The first way is personal experience. Can you, a straight person, write about a queer person's experience being queer? No. Can you, a straight person who has lost a parent write about a queer person who has...
Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I often hear the advice 'write what you know' but struggle to balance writing authentic characters with representing the broad spectrum of humanity in all its colours and flavours. Any advice for non-gay writers writing gay characters?
