Not yours to tell
But is that true?
Today, write about a story you’ve never written because it feels like it belongs to someone else even though it still shaped you.
There’s tension in that, right? We can avoid entire topics because they feel like they’re private business of someone else, or because they involve what feels like the emotional experience of someone else. Perhaps the story of how, say, your spouse’s or parent’s time in the military changed them is their story to tell. But your experience of it all is yours. And you can write into that experience of yours and find depth that will serve your readers, should you choose to publish it.
