Love this!!! I am working on a novel and spent many months wondering if I should chuck the whole thing and switch to memoir? In the end I decided to honour the story, keep it fictional but add some autofiction, and then surprise! the frisson of magic returned… the vulnerability Olympics have a shelf life but magic never dies…
I’ve been having the debate about writing about myself versus fiction for a long time. I feel like all the fiction Ive tried to write is kinda crappy and my journal/memoir oriented writing is somewhat good or at least decent. Ive also struggled finding writing that I truly relate to in my language and I would like to create what a younger version of me would have wanted to read.
My compromise is publishing anonymously (on this blog for now, with a pen name for a future book).
You are making SUCH good points here! Never thought about it like that. I am definitely going to listen more deeply to all this data :)
keep me updated 🥹
🥺 bravo
beautiful read
I really needed this thank you 👌🏾
I loved every bit of this thanks for sharing this so much I resonate deeply
Love this!!! I am working on a novel and spent many months wondering if I should chuck the whole thing and switch to memoir? In the end I decided to honour the story, keep it fictional but add some autofiction, and then surprise! the frisson of magic returned… the vulnerability Olympics have a shelf life but magic never dies…
NEVER dies!
This was just lovely and so thoughtful. Tysm.
i'm so glad thank you for taking the time to read it :)
i'm going to read this for the third time.
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LOVE YOU ❤️
Very interesting read. You’re writing is great!
This is a beautiful way to see things.
I’ve been having the debate about writing about myself versus fiction for a long time. I feel like all the fiction Ive tried to write is kinda crappy and my journal/memoir oriented writing is somewhat good or at least decent. Ive also struggled finding writing that I truly relate to in my language and I would like to create what a younger version of me would have wanted to read.
My compromise is publishing anonymously (on this blog for now, with a pen name for a future book).