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Personal experience nonfiction anyone? lol.
A-RokzStalker:
--- Quote from: honey on March 01, 2008, 01:18:21 PM ---oh man... Church youth group trips... I have some crazy stories about church youth group trips.. ha ha good times.
filler parts are always the hardest thing about writing, I think, anyway. But good for you on writing! getting past the first scene is always tough, so nine pages is awesome.
And yeah that makes sense about sharing the story with internet people. I could probably do that easy enough. That's different than writing a story about everything I went through and then showing it to the people I have to face everyday. Even the people that experienced it with me. It would be so nerve-wracking letting everyone know what I was thinking and feeling through all of that.
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Oh yeah, youth group trips are always fun-filled, lol.
lol. See, if I were to show this story to the people I face everyday, I'd die. I really would. Whether from suicide or heart attack, I'd die, lol.
MellzBellz:
I use a lot of personal experiences in my writing, but I definitely don't write EVERYTHING based on personal experience. Just certain little events I'll stick into my writing. Funny that this topic came up because I was just rereading Quarter Life Crisis, a story I began writing and kind of abandoned that was probably my most personal story yet and considering giving it another stab. There are definitely parts of Misty's depression that are much darker than my experiences, but in other ways it is very experience driven. Her two best friends are modeled after two of my friends and her problems with each of them are problems I've experienced. For instance she's dealing with the abandonment of one of her best friends getting married and not having time for friends anymore. Definitely something I experienced with my best friend from college. Basically I like to take my experiences and integrate them with fiction sometimes. It makes for a more powerful story I think.
nicksgal:
I've done that! Sometimes the best stories come from things that have happened to you personally.
Horra:
This one is a little boring, but... "Memoirs of a Nineteen-Year-Old Teenybopper I rarely get the motivation to update it. lol And obviously it hasn't been updated recently because then it would sadly be "Memoirs of a Twenty-Year-Old Teenybopper." lol
And then there's also "Boundaries" It's more ficction than a few other pieces I have on there (like some essays I really liked, lol), but it's really mostly non-fiction, so... There you go.
I think writing about your own experiences can be fun... But it can also be a challenge. It really just depends. lol
A-RokzStalker:
--- Quote from: MellzBellz on March 01, 2008, 02:02:41 PM ---I use a lot of personal experiences in my writing, but I definitely don't write EVERYTHING based on personal experience. Just certain little events I'll stick into my writing. Funny that this topic came up because I was just rereading Quarter Life Crisis, a story I began writing and kind of abandoned that was probably my most personal story yet and considering giving it another stab. There are definitely parts of Misty's depression that are much darker than my experiences, but in other ways it is very experience driven. Her two best friends are modeled after two of my friends and her problems with each of them are problems I've experienced. For instance she's dealing with the abandonment of one of her best friends getting married and not having time for friends anymore. Definitely something I experienced with my best friend from college. Basically I like to take my experiences and integrate them with fiction sometimes. It makes for a more powerful story I think.
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Ah, so you're writing fiction based on reality, am I correct? In some ways, I almost think it would be more difficult to do that than it is to actually write nonfiction experiences... That's just me though. Sounds like it works out really well for you. :)
A-RokzStalker:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on March 01, 2008, 02:06:39 PM ---I've done that! Sometimes the best stories come from things that have happened to you personally.
Horra:
This one is a little boring, but... "Memoirs of a Nineteen-Year-Old Teenybopper I rarely get the motivation to update it. lol And obviously it hasn't been updated recently because then it would sadly be "Memoirs of a Twenty-Year-Old Teenybopper." lol
And then there's also "Boundaries" It's more ficction than a few other pieces I have on there (like some essays I really liked, lol), but it's really mostly non-fiction, so... There you go.
I think writing about your own experiences can be fun... But it can also be a challenge. It really just depends. lol
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Oh cool! So, you've written quite a bit of this sort of thing! That's awesome! :)
I personally don't think it's too challenging. Just because I've actually experienced it first hand, so I know what it's like and everything, you know? And like I said before, I've already told people most everything that happened and most everything that was said, so if I need to be reminded of things, I can just go back to those and copy and paste, lol.
I can see why you'd say it would be a challenge though. I'm sure I'll hit road blocks along the way eventually, but as of yet, I've done pretty okay. :)
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