William GibsonTo present a whole world that doesn’t exist and make it seem real, we have to more or less pretend we’re polymaths. That’s just the act of all good writing.
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To present a whole world that doesn't exist and make it seem real, we have to more or less pretend we're polymaths. That's just the act of all good writing. You need to be able to create entire worlds in your stories, places where people live, act, think, dream. This is why good writers will often spend an inordinate amount of time researching their worlds.
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