I have definitely been personally victimised by honk

https://literature.cafe/post/10596641

I love what pronell said and you could go that route! Although I’d also like to suggest going allegorical as an option.

There was a poem I read, which used a snake bite as an allegory for SA. I can’t seem to remember the name. I think it was by Francesca Lia Block although I’m not certain.

Depending on why you want to write that as part of your characters story you can adjust the allegory. If its about the abuse of power and the effects it leaves on people that snake allegory would do you well.

If its about being realistic, that won’t work. Unless you want to make it like an adjusted memory. Smth the victim doesn’t wish to remember and hence remembers smth else instead.

Off the top of my head:

• A rose losing it’s petals to represent loss of innocence/ beauty.

• Trespassers destroying someone’s garden, a violation of boundaries.

• A painting that’s torn, destruction of ones sense of self.

Good luck, but before you make your decision I suggest you make sure you know why you want to write about it. That’ll help you make the correct decision for you.

All 4 words sounds like words for a fart that kids might use.

Okay meemage might be a bit more disgusting

That’s a cool explanation, thanks!

It’s why he got it on his amr

Different language?

Mirror

Wow I hadnt heard of a single book there before this. Incredible how much you can read, your worst years are better than my best lol.

Ps. Id like to recommend Basti for you as an emtry from pakistan tho it looks like youre going alphabetically. Wouldve recommended ‘patras ke mazameen’ but that probably wont translate well. Also you get to add lemmy as a source of book recommendations.

The full essence of a person goes beyond the narratives constructed around them, like the richness of personal experiences, thoughts, and emotions that are beyond the scope of any story or snippet.

Having said that, I like your point and perhaps capturing a snipett of a person is all we can do anyways (Outside of ourselves). Which is exactly what stories do too

The thing for me is that characters exist in the vaccum of a story hemce why I call em mutually exclusive.

Now each biography tells a story and the person os turned into a character. I mean I have used real life people as inspiration for characters myself.

So in biographies, consider someone like Churchill, Gandhi etc. They’ve had many biographies written about em and each creates a different character.

Hell just look at the recent Musk biography which paints him in a much better light than most of us see. The writer is still creating a compelling character based story, as Walter Isaacson basically uses musks childhood to explain his actions for eg. He’s just a writer creating a story.

Thanks

Issue is the upvote on the comment has also been federated. I can see the upvote (post deletion attemp). I only upvoted the comment from my main to check after i had deleted it.

And no I didnt post my password tho it was on my clipboard and I could’ve tapped it with my fat fingers.

Also, is this the community I should be posting lemmy issues on?

Hope you enjoy the community!

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Exactly. Its a book with very a clear emotion and feel.

Some quotes from the book:

• Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on.
• The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited.
• I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness.
• I see things, that’s all. Write enough stories and every shadow on the floor looks like a footprint; every line in the dirt like a secret message.
• A person can go along quite awhile if they get a good day every once and again

Its beautifully written.

World building is so much fun! I’d love to read some of your work.

Thank you!

Ps. What do you mean the characters voice is death? That sounds fascinating