I'm writing a book based off of my life and I need a little help. Basicly, I need to know what to put in and what to keep out and this is also kind of a vent. WARNING: There is some stuff that you might find weird. Please when I post this, don't reply with, "Oh. My religion thinks this is wrong!" and stuff like that. Here is what I'm planning on putting in it so far: I'm from a divorced family that forced me into Christianity before I even knew what it was. I'm an only child. If I've counted all of my cousins (Including 2nd and 3rd) I'd have 30. I've started dating when I was 11. I've dated a girl behind my family's back not too long ago. I'm currently in a relationship with a guy who lost his leg. I'm planning on not seeing my Dad anymore after the fight we got into, when he started getting violent I pushed him down, ran locked myself in Grandma's house, and called Mom to pick me up and never leave me at Dad's house again. The reasons we fought is because: 1. He wanted me to give up art, writing, and making music 2. He hated the fact that I've watched certain animes ((Kuro*squee!*suji (A.K.A Black Butler), Fairy Tail, Death note, future diary, Hetalia, even Naruto)) 3. I said I wanted to be myself and not like him 4. Some of the music I've listened to and written 5. Me liking yandere characters 6. He embarrassed me in the mall for wearing lolita and burning myself with a curling iron on purpose. 7. He hates my friends 8. He hates who I am And that's what I'm planning on putting in my book so far.
This thread probably belongs in the Literature section. What you're talking about is essentially a memoir. Most people wait until the second half of their (expected) life to write a memoir for content purposes. It creates a larger appeal if you've gone through diverse kinds of personal struggles at different life milestones. Growing up, school, dating, a job search, marriage, travel, deaths of loved ones and other similar milestones usually build the backbone of a memoir. Without those experiences, they tend to lack substance, especially since most people who read memoirs are adults who have reached a majority of those milestones themselves. Unfortunately, we can't give you good advice on what to put in your memoir because we don't have an intimate knowledge of your life. Most memoirs tend to be funny, in spite of having very sad experiences in them, and therefore it's good to wait on writing about those experiences in a book until the dust has settled and you're able to look back on those situations more humorously. That might sound strange, but frequently when a tragedy occurs, only some time need pass before we can joke about it. It happens a lot in life. Best of luck to you; I recommend you write down the things you know you would want to put in a memoir, if only to keep the facts and emotions straight.
