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How does one write a novel that takes place in a city that one
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How does one write a novel that takes place in a city that one has never visited previously?

Can you ever truly develop an authetnic feel for the city in your writing?
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>>7987884

Look up pictures, read up about it, use your imagination
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You have both an advantage and a disadvantage. You may not really know the city, but you still have a romanticized vision of it. No previous experiences have ruined your opinions about the city, and it still has a mistery aura around it in your mind.
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>>7987890
This, and obfuscation.
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read invisible cities
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