Get It Right, Dumbass
Another Mule screed on writing�
Here’s the thing: Facts are a fiction writer’s friend. The more you know, the more facts you gather up in research and travel, the firmer the foundation of your writing. It’s counter-intuitive, but true. You’re not gathering to regurgitate � that would be stenography. But your expanded knowledge will give strength and authenticity to your writing. It will also let you fly farther in your writing.
Here’s the other thing: If you don’t get the facts right, if your ignorance about something causes you to write a bone-headed error, it will take away from the authenticity of your writing and damage your story. It can be a small factoid error that stops a reader cold and causes them to drop your book and never pick up another one of your deathless prose sagas.
Case in point: I was watching the first episode of a Netflix series � Damnation. Early�
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