So for this one I’m gonna be talking about writing as an art form but you can do this with stuff like paintings… pottery etc. heck! Even a creative hobby!
So when I began writing I heard a lot of people say that they don’t like it/ it’s bad when the author inserts themselves into their work as like the main character. And then I started to notice I DID that! And I liked it.
Because I did it through short story form where I portrayed something I later realized to be bits of myself. I wrote two horror stories that I realized were about anxiety and dealing with loss and probably a myriad of other things. The characters were very similar to me and tbh I don’t hate that. Because I really liked that I had something out there that was accurate of my issues when I was dealing with them.
Now I’m writing a piece about a girl who doesn’t understand love and falls in love. I’ve never been in a relationship before so I thought that this one would be a nice one to look back on later when I am in one to find out what I thought about relationships.
Now to be clear, these characters did resemble me probably quite a bit but they never were intentionally me. I gave each of them different characteristics but I kept noticing similarities between all of them.
I really like doing this because I have a lot of connection to the character and it’s nice to look back on at what I was going through at the time.
So question for you guys: what do you think about self inserts and how much of yourself do you put into your art?
