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Rich Madam Aug 18, 2018

Got a story I'm working on that deals with issues from my childhood. Not sure what is worse, fear of writers block or fear of kicking a latent hornets nest of buried traumas.

"Write about what you know", they say. How do you cope if what you need to write about is your own pain?

Anyone got any experience of that?

Can anyone recommend existing books dealing with writing about personal abuse etc?

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Jesus Garay Aug 18, 2018

@richmadam Can't think of any "how'to" books off the top of my head but I Know Why The Cage Bird Sings has a pretty intense part about what happened to Angelou as a child. It might just be worth reading memoirs that include childhood traumas as well.

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Rich Madam

@jgaray Tried reading that years ago. Have the problem with books like that where where they threaten to open doors I'm not ready to open. I guess I need to open them at some point to clean out the rooms within. Still not sure I'm ready yet.