(Writing on empty)
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If you’ve ever admitted out loud to trying to be a writer, you’ve been told at least once that you should be guided by this advice: “write what you know.” If you dance, then write about dancing. If you fish, then write about fishing, though you might end up standing on a street corner holding out your hat for grocery money. If you dance with fish, them seek some help.

“Write what you know,” they say. This is why politicians shouldn’t write…they know very littl...