hello my fellow authors/writers!!
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Thread Topic: hello my fellow authors/writers!!
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i am thinking about writing a story about one of my mental illnesses, but making it fiction. if anyone is willing to help or thinks this might be a good idea, please do come in. i will explain more if anyone responds in this thread.
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I think that’s a great idea. I personally don’t know much about mental illnesses so if I do help you have my full permission to change everything all I ask it that you keep at least one word lmao
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well, i have did, dissociative identity disorder. i was thinking it might be a good idea to create a book with the going son of the headspace and the alters.
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Ok
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i have been trying to think of the best way to do this...
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Writing about disorders you deal with is a good way to bring awareness to them and also vent a bit of stress you may feel handling them. I've written a few stories like this as well, and it helped me to feel better about my situation. It may also bring you comfort if you make up your own hero who can manage these disorders. The reason why I like certain fictional characters (like Cloud Strife) is because they deal with the same disorders I do and get through it. It's encouraging when you might not have that real-life hero to look up to. So when you write a story about someone struggling with a disorder, you can make your own!
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that makes sense. i still need to think of how i want to start this story, and the best way to portray all the alters to their fullest extent
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@LittleWillow, that sounds like a great idea. basically adding to what Strife said, make sure you explain the discomforts, the advantages, the disadvantages, how the character feels about their disorder. You'll have to add how other people feel and act around and about that disorder and as a plot idea maybe the character wants to do an activity that people can't think they can do but they push and practice and over-come it. I don't know you probably already have a plot. A good way to start the story would maybe be saying about what happened at school, if they were bullied yet again, or if they tried to make a friend, or talked to their best friend or got a good mark or a fail? I hope this helps :)
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