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Q&A How to use narcissism productively in writing?

I write mostly fictions. However, I am an apathetic-type narcissist, which means I cannot understand other people's feelings and thoughts easily, if at all. As a result, all my characters who are ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by user289661‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:05:07Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/26611
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar user289661‭ · 2019-12-08T06:05:07Z (almost 5 years ago)
I write mostly fictions. However, I am an apathetic-type narcissist, which means I cannot understand other people's feelings and thoughts easily, if at all.

As a result, all my characters who are not modeled based on myself are dreadfully unconvincing, and even I notice how improbable their motivations and actions are sometimes. However, characters who are built to resemble myself seem pretty well-developed and both reasonable and conflicted in interesting ways.

Aside from trying to improve my understanding of others, is there any way I can use narcissism productively in writing beside the character construction of the protagonist?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-02-09T17:16:12Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 4