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Q&A Is writing about your childhood in creative writing/fiction class necessary?

I have the same teacher for both a Journaling autobiographical class and a fictional writing class. While I expected to have to write about my personal life with one, she seems determined to have m...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Chophousekpop‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T13:07:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/48442
License name: CC BY-SA 4.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Chophousekpop‭ · 2019-12-08T13:07:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have the same teacher for both a Journaling autobiographical class and a fictional writing class. While I expected to have to write about my personal life with one, she seems determined to have me gut my childhood with the fiction class as being necessary for fodder for eventual stories. I have no intention of ever writing in that vein, and I am finding this to be invasive and offensive at this point. Is it necessary to delve into my dysfunctional childhood in order to write good fiction?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-10-07T22:40:14Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 5