TnT: writing as therapy

[pipisafoat]

Don't forget about Contest 55, which asks you to rewrite a well-known narrative (popular movie, classic fairy tale) with a different ending!

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Today, I present for your consideration a quote from Jules Feiffer:

Writing, I explained, was mainly an attempt to out-argue one's past; to present events in such a light that battles lost in life were either won on paper or held to a draw.

Have you ever done this in your writing? Why or why not? Did it work?

Comments

[pipisafoat]

I once wrote a fictional version of something that happened to me, only to be told that it was a stupid thing to write about because it could never, ever happen. Thankfully, that amused me instead of having any negative repercussions. But in general, no, I don't write my life.