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Do you have a writing quirk?
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on June 09, 2012, 10:20:07 PM ---They were heading to Philly in Whatever the Night May Bring too; those were the two I was thinking of. Seems natural to use places you're familiar with (even if you hate them) whenever possible, like Tracy and New Jersey. That said, I don't seem to use Chicago much - that would be the major city I'm most familiar with. Most of mine take place in Florida or Cali or wherever the Boys are touring.
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Oh lol I forgot they were in Philly in Whatever the Night. The funniest part of that is I can use one hand with the number of times I've been to Philly lol I'm much more familiar with NJ, Boston or Nashville. I don't know why I've not used those places.
Carter-Orange:
I really don't know if I do anything like that with my stories. I can't really add places I'm familiar with unless I have them stranded in South Wales or north east England, lol.
RokofAges75:
I'm sure that makes it harder! I mean, I'm used to writing about places in the U.S. I've never been, but at least it's still the same country. I think it would be hard to write a story set completely in a different country, unless it was a place I'd been or a culture I knew a lot about. But the internet does make it a lot easier to research nowadays, if you're anal about making things sound realistic.
Carter-Orange:
I'm pretty sure my settings don't sound realistic, LOL. In the one I'm writing now, it's been slightly easier as some of it is set in England, but it's 1940's England which is about as foreign to me as the US.
RokofAges75:
LOL True! I think historical fiction would be hard for the same reason. Any time you're writing about a world that's different from your own, it's more difficult.
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