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Q&A Not enough real world experience to write convincing situations?

I'm faced with a writing dilemma where every real life situation I've tried to write feels forced/inaccurate. I'm a fairly young person and I don't have a large amount of experience regarding offic...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by CodenameCathedral‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:51:29Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/29591
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar CodenameCathedral‭ · 2019-12-08T06:51:29Z (about 5 years ago)
I'm faced with a writing dilemma where every real life situation I've tried to write feels forced/inaccurate. I'm a fairly young person and I don't have a large amount of experience regarding offices, traveling, relationships, etc. Experiences that are often just a part of regular life prove difficult to write convincingly. I've tried fantasy writing, but there's still a "believability" aspect that I can't seem to pin down.

I'm fairly shy by nature and I spend a lot of time observing rather than interacting. Is my problem a lack of confidence? Or tenure? Or maybe something else?

If anybody has some advice to offer in this area, I'd really appreciate it. This issue is really demotivating me in my writing.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-08-07T01:17:07Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 10