Hello, friends!
One of the amazing aspects of writing is how deeply transformative it can be. It's a place where we can reclaim control, reimagine safety, and even gently re-parent ourselves.
Making a fictive world is an opportunity to create protection or magic you didn't have when you needed it. You can write softness into a world that demanded hardness. You can build characters who support each other unconditionally, who love without needing justification. You can invent a society where fairness isn’t a dream but a foundation, where the vulnerable are protected, and justice doesn’t have to be begged for. Through fiction, you give yourself a space to breathe, to rewrite the rules, and to speak truths you may not yet be ready to say aloud.
One of the most powerful things fiction offers is the ability to fragment and reshape the self - especially the parts of you that have been hidden, silenced, or shamed. You can write a character who is a version of you, but louder, braver, angrier. Or softer, more open, more trusting. Characters don’t just live on the page; they’re fragments of our inner selves made external. Through them, we get to explore what was stifled in us, what was punished, and what we were never allowed to express.
In this way, writing fiction becomes an act of healing.
When we write, we’re not just telling stories. We’re asking questions:
• What’s the wound I’m exploring by writing it the way I am?
• What’s the world I needed as a child?
• What’s the truth I want to believe?
Sometimes, writing gives shape to grief or anger that didn’t have an outlet. Sometimes, it gives you the moment of justice you never got. Sometimes, it gives you a friend, a mentor, a home. Writing allows us to experience those things, even if only for a few pages at a time; those few pages can be more than enough.
Fiction also lets us process what happened to us, even when we don’t consciously know that’s what we’re doing. A seemingly simple fantasy story may be a way of working through betrayal. A sci-fi adventure might be about the pain of feeling out of place. A romance might be how we learn to trust again. The genre doesn’t matter. The emotional truth behind it does.
Our stories carry our emotional fingerprints; they tell us what we care about, what we fear, what we hope for. They tell us what kind of world we want to live in, and sometimes, what kind of world we needed but never had.
Each of my stories are more than just pieces of fiction. They're a place where I processed my feelings and included things I couldn't have in reality. In my story "Broken rule" I made my wish of magic and an alternative world come true, and that's just one of the many examples.
So if you're writing fiction, especially from a place of emotions - keep going. It’s okay if it feels raw or you're not even sure what you're trying to say yet. The process itself is part of the healing. You're reclaiming your strength and showing yourself what’s possible.
Writing fiction is more than imagination - it's alchemy, where pain becomes a path forward.
If you're curious about specific ways to use writing as a therapeutic tool, check out my post about it. There's also one about how our nervous system's messages show in our writing. And for a dose of motivation and comfort, check out some writing affirmations. There's also a post on "Artist's way", a perfect self-help book for struggling artists.
Enjoy them while you grow🩵
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