| Comment | You've put an awfully broad spin on a specific statement I made mate. Only "stuff" that they have first hand knowledge of? Depends entirely on the specific stuff being referred to, surely?
I don't need to literally be able to do magic to write a story about using magic. I don't have to be an elf to write a story about an elf. I don't have to have lived in a castle to write a story about living in a castle.
But if the story being written is very much based in real life - real places, real accents, and real dialects - then it does seem prudent to me to familiarise yourself with the places, accents, and dialects you're including in your writing. Feels like the respectful thing to do. And with the magic of the internet, there's lots of options for how you could do this. I can't imagine it'd be hard to find audio and transcriptions of Glaswegians speaking - in fact, I'm sure the sub would have suggestions if the OP wanted them. |
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