Jun 13, 2006, 04:59 PM
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I thought one of those basic things about writing is to know your audience.
If you're writing for other people, you've got to make sure you're appealing to them. This means don't wallow in all the negative boring aspects of your life. People don't like psychic trauma, and you inflict that upon them by dwelling upon the suck.
Be witty about the bad stuff, but if you fail at that you'll just come off as creepy awkward, like one of those people who are like "Hi my name's Joe, and this party reminds me of that time my uncle molested me when I was 3!"
If you're writing to exorcise personal demons, then you don't have a public audience. Similarly, when you do have a public audience, tell interesting stories. You can turn events that impressed you into adventures simply enough.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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