I think it can be easier to write about something that you cannot personally relate it, at least when it's something awful.
Very probably true. And at that, it's probably also true when it comes to not-awful things? rahirah once noted on her Lj that it's easier for her to write m/f than f/f, and wondered if it were true because as a lesbian f/f is too close to home? Which made me wonder if that's true for me (as a lesbian) as well.
but then there's other times when I've been able to write things that are indeed close to home - when my partner and I were having a really rough patch in our relationship ten years ago a lot of it came out in my writing; it was easier for me to write conflic into my fic at the time.
Then there is also the simple aspects of imagination and curiousity , of 'what if?" that come into play as well.
I was more ignored than bullied in school.
I used to wish that I were ignored. Which does not bring back good memories at all!
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Date: 2013-11-13 10:08 pm (UTC)Very probably true. And at that, it's probably also true when it comes to not-awful things?
but then there's other times when I've been able to write things that are indeed close to home - when my partner and I were having a really rough patch in our relationship ten years ago a lot of it came out in my writing; it was easier for me to write conflic into my fic at the time.
Then there is also the simple aspects of imagination and curiousity , of 'what if?" that come into play as well.
I was more ignored than bullied in school.
I used to wish that I were ignored. Which does not bring back good memories at all!