Good advice, Jane Austen! You don't necessarily have to write only what you know, but it makes sense to write what interests you.
If you chase a trend or a tempting opportunity into a genre that doesn't excite you, odds are that what you write also will not excite you--or the reader or viewer.
Maybe that's why Austen wrote "Pride and Prejudice" and not "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."
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