Novel question
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I'm writing a semi-autobiographical novel about my experiences with schizophrenia, and I was wondering: should I make it so it is always evident that the content in the book is untrue and a result of an ill mind or should I make it ambiguous so at the end, I can end at the beginning, fulfilling the character's delusions that reality is bending into a circle?
>>8009309
Stop hallucinating that you're still alive Joyce
>>8009309
The latter choice would make for better fiction IMO.
its up to you
psychological illness within stories is not a new concept
we don't know your writing style so i think you should do what feels natural. give it time. i can imagine that this is a personal story. what resonates with you?
>>8009309
why not try both?
>>8009309
I think that you should remove it from "semi-autobiographical." Remove that character from "you," let him grow. Remove wish fufillment
The second sounds better as a STORY so if you want it to be a story, you should do that, infact, if it's really an auto-biography, I don't think you shouldn't do either.
On a personal level, I think it would make a better fiction story, so if you want to make it a fiction story, you should do what >>8011043
said and just write it about a character, the character can be the writer of the story, but I don't think it should m considered 'you'.In my opinion though the second one sounds better