: Re: 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

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I would say that for a writer to mirror a character in a story after their own life would be a challenge. So much so, that doing so would bog down the story making character development feeling forced as opposed to being organic. Donâ€™t take your teacherâ€™s request this too personal but rather build a fictional character that you may identify with instead.

You identify with this character because there may be something you and the character have in common. Best commonalities to explore would be values as opposed life events.

Randy Ingermanson has a great expression that your character can speak in their character voice to establish values.

Your character says: â€œNothing is more important to me thanâ€¦â€

You feel in the blank.

Flesh your character based on traits that donâ€™t reflect on your areas of your life that you feel are private.

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: How to write an inversion of a messianic trope? I want to do a story revolving around the inverse of the Christian tale in the bible. In it, the savior sent by God is tempted by the adversary,

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