Writer Janet Fitch on using the deep parts in yourself

"Anytime you work with materials that are deep parts of yourself, you feel revulsion at showing things about yourself that you don't want people to know... It's your flaws, not your strengths that go down in the depths of your books. You're exposed, like dreaming you're naked in a public building."

[HAVE YOU BEEN TO THE DARK PLACES YOUR CHARACTERS HAVE BEEN?]

"I've been depressed many times in my life. But under it all I'm an optimist..."

Janet Fitch, from interview - more on The Inner Writer
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