We spend our whole lives recovering from high school.
I deal with unhappy marriages a lot. I've never been married, I'm single
I tried to write with someone else once before, but it was not successful.
I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.
Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.
At age 12, I was put on tranquilizers when I should have gotten help. There was nothing major and awful, I just didn't feel my family was supportive and emotionally generous