I find that when I write fiction, I tend to go for the jugular.
"The knight killed the dragon and the peasants rejoiced. The End."
Okay, but what motivated the knight?
Why kill a dragon?
Did the dragon have a life? What kind of life?
How about the peasant? Did they want the knight to kill the dragon?
Etc...
All of these questions eventually do come, but, good grief, it is like pulling teeth right out of my mind.
(Try pulling teeth right out of your mind. It is harder than pulling teeth right out of your mouth.)
I don't know why it is this way. Is it my chemo brain??? I definitely did not *allow* myself to be this creative prior to my cancer. So... 🤷
Or it could be my #ActuallyAutistic mind finally unleashed. Still, it is my cancer that pushed me out of the autism closet, just as it did push me out of multiple other closets.
My cancer has been in remission for almost 3 years now, with no signs of coming back.
I'd never go to someone who has cancer and ask them to find the silver linings. I think finding the silver linings has to be done by the person who has the cancer, and not by others.
Let me point out here that sometimes, there are no silver linings. I've helped people who were in this situation. ☹️
In my case, my cancer almost killed me, but there's been a silver lining. In some very queer way (pun intended), my cancer has freed my mind.
Not that I recommend getting cancer to free your mind. 
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