Writers tend to write in such a way as they understand. Some will write in first person, some second person, some even third person, yet it is all a personal choice, because writers do what feels natural to them when writing. We all write for different reasons too on a personal basis that is. SOme write to tell events, other stories that are biographical, some make up what they write as they go along, others outline stories and others use life events and make them into stories they can tell. It is all a matter of what their purpose is in writing in the first place.
I know I wrote a lot of stories about real life events in my own life, then flipped to mysteries and love stories. We all have a love story in our life somewhere we can tell, and we all have minds that think sometimes of mysteries and create them out of thin air, making others think as we do. Biographical is the hardest in my mind, because if it is biographical the facts have to be perfect and if you mess them up, well you will be hearing from those you involved in telling it as characters, forever more. Some may try to call you a liar, and they think you’re lying when you’re not, what it is, is perception folks, we all see things through our own eyes. It is really that simple, but what I do and try to do is change names so to not offend anyone, who may recognize the story as involving them. Otherwise you can face libel suits and crazy people going nuts threatening to kill you and so much more. It’s a sad fact, people do not see their actions as you may have seen and interrupt them, so you write what you perceive and see through your own eyes and tell it in the language you speak and manner, and they take offense. They are guessing you are talking about them or using what they did in your story but they will never be able to be sure if the names are changed to protect the innocents will they?
Writing is therapeutic and very helpful for those who suffer from trauma, PTSD, or mental illness also. They can write what they feel, or see in their own visions and tell it in their own way, and for them it is helpful, yet it can be hurtful to others, so what do they do, change the names and some incidents to hide the true facts or persons they are writing about. I hope that makes sense to all, for it is indeed what writers do, we don’t just create out of the blue without a reference point for at least some of what we do write.
I have used my own family, some of my friends and events I have lived through myself in my stories. I have also made up stories whole cloth so to say, that are based on events I lived through or those I know have lived through. But in none of them is any malicious intent or vicious intent or harm intended toward anyone present. Once you cross the line and identify someone by name and people can tell who it is you’re talking about poof one hell of a legal problem arises so don’t do it folks ok. Be careful, because people get very angry and upset and some are crazy enough to drag you into court if they are mentioned by name or can be recognized in the story by themselves or those they love. Some may admire the story you told and know it is true and understand why you told it, others may object to it, so be careful.
Finding stories to tell is easy if you stop and look at your own life and the events in it. You can also hunt through others life’s and use their life stories you witnessed, and make look like another person doing it. The story can be based on facts, but the characters can be changed and the names too to protect the innocent, your self the story teller. I have watched and read things by Robert Ludlum, Dan Brown, Stephen King and many others, and admired how they phrase things or how they hold your attention by a riveting event or moment in time or an interaction between characters.All of it is great lessons for those of us who write for the pros, like these and James Patterson and others all know the language and art of writing is in how you state something and make it real enough for all to understand and get drawn into. It’s how they make their money folks and how I would love to be able to be one day, I am not famous like they are, but I do write what I can.
I worked on different stories in my time and blogs too. My Blogs can be found right here on Macattack56 @ WordPress.com. They range from political to personal. I write them for my own peace of mind and let others know what I am thinking, about certain issues.
You can find my stories on my Amazon Author’s Page here-https://www.amazon.com/William-McCurrach/e/B00CQMGTSM/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
Just copy and paste the link above into your browser, they include all kinds of stories I did and even a few books of poems.
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