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You mean, what if you're a resident of country A, writing about a citizen of country B travelling in country C? Go ahead, enjoy yourself. Jules Verne, for example, had never visited the places he ...
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2019-12-12T21:57:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T08:47:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
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You mean, what if you're a resident of country A, writing about a citizen of country B travelling in country C? Go ahead, enjoy yourself. Jules Verne, for example, had never visited the places he wrote about: Africa, Australia, the Pacific etc. The MCs of his _[Les Enfants du capitaine Grant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_the_Castaways)_ are Scottish, while he, of course, was French. However, **make sure you do your research**. Prosper Mérimée, for example, had not done his research when writing _Carmen_: it is very clear that he hadn't so much as looked at a map of Spain while writing, let alone visited the country (views, travel distances etc. are all wrong). As a result, the book is a [storm of clichés about Spain](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TorosYFlamenco) [TV TROPES WARNING]. This makes the book feel stupid and annoying. You don't want that.
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2018-05-10T11:24:10Z (over 6 years ago)
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