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apologies if im barking up the wrong tree. im new here and i may have missed a good post somewhere.
i dont want to spend much time prepping for the writing sample, and i dont have any kind of mastery of history, nor current events, and have forgotten all the interesting details from every biography i ever read.
and i dont want to spend a month building the oft-recommended 'example bank'.
but what does fluency in world politics, etc, have to do with writing ability?
so- can i just make stuff up? i dont have any problem coming up with hypothetical examples. i understand this comes across as kind of lame, so i could also add fabricated names to make it sound more stirring. is anyone out there getting a strong 'dont use hypotheticals, you sound like a tool' vibe? are there ethical problems with just inventing something convenient so you spend more time writing and less time finding trivia on wikipedia?
thanks--
i dont want to spend much time prepping for the writing sample, and i dont have any kind of mastery of history, nor current events, and have forgotten all the interesting details from every biography i ever read.
and i dont want to spend a month building the oft-recommended 'example bank'.
but what does fluency in world politics, etc, have to do with writing ability?
so- can i just make stuff up? i dont have any problem coming up with hypothetical examples. i understand this comes across as kind of lame, so i could also add fabricated names to make it sound more stirring. is anyone out there getting a strong 'dont use hypotheticals, you sound like a tool' vibe? are there ethical problems with just inventing something convenient so you spend more time writing and less time finding trivia on wikipedia?
thanks--