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[[File:Dorktower1461.jpg|thumb|350px|link=Dork Tower|[[Unexpected Reactions to This Index|Unexpected Reaction to this Monologue]] ]]{{quote|''"You write what you know because — like there's another choice? The trick is to try and know as much as possible."''|[[Lois McMaster Bujold]]}}
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== Literature ==
* In the eighth volume of the ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' novel series, the author wrote about writing, at some point the titular character states that "anyone can write" and she does in fact recruit almost everyone she knows to write for her literature magazine, while each of the characters ends up writing about a subject they do actually know about, only the ones who have the reading habit write something at least interesting, everyone else just throw random words together (and the
== Real Life ==
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* The creepy apartment in ''[[Domu: A Child's Dream]]: A Child's Dream'' is based on the one [[Katsuhiro Otomo]] once lived in.
* [[David Langford]]'s novel ''The Leaky Establishment'', a satire on [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|obstructive bureaucracy]] at the fictional Nuclear Ultilisation Technology Centre, was based on his experiences at the Atomic Weapons Establishment.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130914230208/http://www.livingwithinsanity.com/index
* [[After Forever]]'s [[Concept Album]] ''Invisible Circles'' is based on the abused children that guitarist Sander Gommans met working as an art teacher.
* Doc Nickel of ''[[The Whiteboard]]'' fixes paintball markers for a living, just like his [[Author Avatar]] but with fewer railguns and [[Funny Animal]]s.
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