<p><b>August 8, 2010:</b> Sometimes it's fun to hear what an author has to say about writing. Elif Shafak talks about writing what you know vs writing whatever you want to. She advocates the latter.</p> <br/> <br/> <!--copy and paste--><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/ElifShafak_2010G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ElifShafak-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=917&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction;year=2010;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=master_storytellers;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2010;event=TEDGlobal+2010;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/ElifShafak_2010G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ElifShafak-2010G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=917&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction;year=2010;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=master_storytellers;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2010;event=TEDGlobal+2010;"></embed></object>

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