Writing fiction does not mean that you're writing what you don't know, you can still use elements and anecdotes that you've experienced as key plot points in st

Writing fiction does not mean that you're writing what you don't know, you can still use elements and anecdotes that you've experienced as key plot points in stories set in fantastical and odd worlds. I would even argue it's impossible to write without adding your own life to it. Writing what you know is interesting imo, because you naturally have more layers to your story when you have experience backing it. Describing walking through the desert when you've never been in one is completely different from having put your bare feet into the Sahara sands.