how important is experience when writing a novel? I've heard

>>9957282
I don't think it's a conditio sine qua non. As long as there is imagination and experience gained from other readings there is no actual need of an eventful life, but a plain one will do

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>>9957315
what does sine qua non mean. I don't speak you fancy little gay language, champ

>>9957346
Google, you idiot. Also
>he doesn't know standard latin quotes
GTFO pleb

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>>9957282
depends on the subject matter. to write a story about love, you need to have been in love. i seriously cringe when i think about what i wrote in my notebook re: women before i had actually been in a relationship with one. any amount of research regarding human relationships is insufficient compared to the real deal.

i don't think you need any specific "work experience" to be a writer, though. jean auel wrote a pretty damn good novel about cavemen and she was never a caveman. coupland wrote a pretty damn good novel about software engineers without being a software engineer.

>>9957498
>notebook re: women
pls post

>>9957282
you experience just as much in a boring life as an eventful one, it's just different experience. great writing is about understanding and expressing that experience, not its content.

>>9957282
People say they need more experience as an excuse to put off writing. Just fucking write.