When I started to write, I realised that you need a bit of both: the overall context as well as the individual's experience.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All experience helps when you write.
I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.
Writing, for me, is an inherent part of understanding the material on a deeper level.
I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up.
I never sit down to write anything personal unless I know the subject is going to go beyond my own experience and address something larger and more universal.
Personal experience is the basis of all real Literature.
As much as writing is an emotional experience, it is a business as well. Coming from a business background, I treat it as such.
Generally, what adults want to know is my background, why I write what I write, and very personal insights that some say are inspiring.
For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.
The more you're writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it's at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.
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