A friend of mine is encouraging me to take events from my own life to draw upon for writing, but I'm a little nervous. Does anyone have any advice for someone who is more than a little afraid to write about herself?
rich said:When you write, even if its third person omniscient, you're writing about yourself. If you're not writing about yourself, you're not writing.
Celia Cyanide said:That doesn't help me at all.
Yeshanu said:Rachel,
I think what rich is trying to get at is this:
When we write, if we write truly, what is put down on the page comes from our experiences and our life. We can't not write about our lives, even if we do it in a roundabout way.
So unless you're writing absolute tripe, you're probably writing about your life in one way or another.
LOL Celia, that's far preferable to the other way around. (I have a big family. I'm speaking from experience.)Celia Cyanide said:Other people tell me my stories are interesting, but they just seem boring to me.
thestoryangel said:I think the best way to write about your life is to find the moment (your fork in the road) and go from there.
I hope that helps.