How would you go about incorporate dark parts of your family’s history? Especially subject matter that requires a CW? And also how would you go about explaining to your family that it’s fictional but not meant to hurt the family?
Ryan
2 months ago
Do you include parts of yourself in your characters for both protagonists and antagonists?
Betsy
2 months ago
When writing about family members, living or long-ago, how do you handle the question, is this story yours to tell?
Amy
2 months ago
If you put a lot of your own self into a protagonist, how do you make sure you can accept critiques without taking it personally?
Ryan
2 months ago
How would you go about including or fictionalizing someone who wronged you?
scbagley
2 months ago
How do you write scenes that draw on real, painful aspects of your life, but still take care of yourself/mental health?
Ryan
2 months ago
How do you look at the selves you were as teens compared to as adults? How do you often find that empathy and understanding without the adult side judging? And how do you imagine your teen selves and their core essentials characteristics in different settings or living in currents events like the pandemic as an example?
Can you share a few examples of books/shows/movies that take real live events and fictionalize them well? What makes them successful as fictional stories?
melbato
2 months ago
How do you avoid turning your book into a nostalgia fest filled with precious details you remember from a history you lived through and instead make it matter to readers?
I write magical realism. Do you think the addition of fantasy elements is enough to separate the real from the story?
Ryan
2 months ago
How do you imagine yourselves whether teen or adult selves or a hybrid of both in scenarios that occur in fantasy or SFF-based worlds especially when putting parts of yourselves in them?
How would you go about incorporate dark parts of your family’s history? Especially subject matter that requires a CW? And also how would you go about explaining to your family that it’s fictional but not meant to hurt the family?
Do you include parts of yourself in your characters for both protagonists and antagonists?
When writing about family members, living or long-ago, how do you handle the question, is this story yours to tell?
If you put a lot of your own self into a protagonist, how do you make sure you can accept critiques without taking it personally?
How would you go about including or fictionalizing someone who wronged you?
How do you write scenes that draw on real, painful aspects of your life, but still take care of yourself/mental health?
How do you look at the selves you were as teens compared to as adults? How do you often find that empathy and understanding without the adult side judging? And how do you imagine your teen selves and their core essentials characteristics in different settings or living in currents events like the pandemic as an example?
Do you have any tips for setting the scene in a contemporary story?
Can you share a few examples of books/shows/movies that take real live events and fictionalize them well? What makes them successful as fictional stories?
How do you avoid turning your book into a nostalgia fest filled with precious details you remember from a history you lived through and instead make it matter to readers?
Thank you! I loved your answer. I am so making a darlings graveyard!
I write magical realism. Do you think the addition of fantasy elements is enough to separate the real from the story?
How do you imagine yourselves whether teen or adult selves or a hybrid of both in scenarios that occur in fantasy or SFF-based worlds especially when putting parts of yourselves in them?