Do you ever discover, much to your own surprise, that a bit of what you're writing is autobiographical?
I do actually. The piece I'm working on atm is about a young girl who lost her mother to cancer.
Of course, thank heavens, I have no experience with the loss of a parent, but I do have experience with cancer.
I didnt mean for it to turn out that way, it just seemed to happen. It worked though, and ultimatelly I think thats all that matters.
Writing for me and I presume for a lot of people is therapy, and our subconscious getting these thoughts and feelings out, with us aware of it happening or not , I imagine would be good for us.