Write about what you do not know

When I was in school, English was always my favorite subject.  But I learned one thing in my college creative writing class that I will never forget.  Our assignment was to write a list of things we knew nothing about.  I choose flying a plane.  And then we had to write a page or a verse on that subject.  Then we put our topics in a hat and got something someone else knew nothing about.  And we had to write another page or verse on that subject.

The point of this exercise was everyone always tells you to write about what you know.  My professor said that only limits you.  The wonderful thing about writing is you can create new worlds and live life's you can only imagine.  You can be someone you are not and do things you don't know how to do.  Reality does not have to exist in writing.