People forget years and remember moments.
I think almost always that what gets me going with a story is the atmosphere, the visual imagery, and then I people it with characters, not the other way around.
Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits.
Clichés so often befall vain people.
I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now.
the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.