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I guess this is more of a psychology question; but -- as a fiction writer -- you can try writing about a fictional character. Change your name! It is a trick to distance yourself from the work; wr...
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2019-12-19T22:13:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T11:41:24Z (almost 5 years ago)
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I guess this is more of a psychology question; but -- as a fiction writer -- you can try writing about a fictional character. Change your name! It is a trick to distance yourself from the work; write about George or Mike instead of yourself, but using your own biography and accomplishments. In 1989, George did this; in 1991 George did that. Once you have described George well enough for readers to understand him; revise the profile, without adding or deleting anything, but to make it a first-person narrative. As in fiction, to be realistic, George likely wouldn't reveal his worst flaws and sins up front. Everybody puts on their best face to meet strangers, and expects the same; so if you are completely honest and tell people you are "indecisive at times", they gather you are minimizing, and take it as a warning you are indecisive **all** the time, to the point you feel you need to warn people you are irritating. I do a less extreme variation of this writing about my own past; I just imagine my past self as somebody I know, and have much in common with, but not the current me. Which I feel is true; I'm certainly a different person than I was as a teen, or soldier, or college student, etc.
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2019-04-10T11:23:23Z (over 5 years ago)
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