“Write what you know.” It is a popular advice, a modern mantra repeated in creative writing classes and literary workshops all across the world. It is meant to suggest that anyone who wishes to start a book, whether fiction or non-fiction, should primarily focus on subjects they have personally experienced and endured. This should be our cognitive and emotional launch pad. Not only that, it should be the road map for every writer. The familiar, that is. The personal. The experiential.