Life event

If I was ever to write a story or a poem depending on the topic I choose a life event could really affect it. When you go through something in life it is easier for you to write about it or to express your feelings about it vs if you never been through it. You really can't speak the truth on something you never been through or you can't write truthfully about a specific topic. You can only go so far with just thinking about or trying to connect with something you never been through in life. It would be easy for me to write a story about hurricane Katrina because that is a life event I went through and had to deal with. It wouldn't be easy for someone who didn't experience the hurricane to write about. It wouldn't have as many details to it or in it.