Yesterday, I did a post called NaNoWriMo: It is NOT Porn! My youngest daughter read the post and the snippet from the WIP and came up with a great solution for the guaranteed critiques saying the exact same thing.
Detailed Forward
My daughter said I will need a detailed forward explaining the book before the story begins.
Brilliant!
In the forward, I can explain: This is history… and then talk about the realities of those years, how people will want it hidden and not discussed, and I am talking about it because it has to be shared or the memories of the things I went through will vanish. Sure, others have their own experiences and they can write about them, but these are mine. And I know because I know, these are not isolated and unique.
New Freedom to Write
This morning, I woke up to a new feeling of ease and comfort about my writing. I’ve been plowing along in NaNoWriMo (passed 40,000 words last night!), but have had that niggling, “What if?” feeling and then “What if” turned into something I had not consciously anticipated, but should have.
“That’s porn.”
It’s History
Now I have a way to mitigate at least some of the criticism that will rain on my pages once I get this thing out.
I’m very excited to write this morning.
Navelgazing Writer 