Tag: Mark Twain

Written by S.Kay.Smith

Don’t Write What You Know

The common adage, “Write what you know,” is most commonly attributed to Mark Twain. While I’m a fan, I’m going to have to call bull shit on this one. Every writer is told this at some point, especially early in their careers. As far as good advice goes, it’s not the worst. The most authentic […]

Written by S.Kay.Smith

Writing in Competition

Most people, when they hear the word competition, immediately think of a great contest of will and skill, where there can be only one victor and all the rest are losers, doomed to a career of obscurity and wasting a life waiting tables just to scrape by. Quite the bleak outlook. Fortunately, it does not […]