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Originally Posted by artemis-within
I used to write stories at that age too. I still have them (and I'm 52) although I haven't read them in a long time. I remember them though. My characters were always people that I wished I was at the time - smarter than me, prettier than me, happier than me, and they always had happy non-dysfunctional families. I see now that they were my way of escaping and making my world "normal" for awhile.
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Mine were always about a kid who came from a family way worse than mine (so there would be clear cut bad guys, of course) and who then got adopted by a mother way more loving than mine (so there would be a clear cut good guy, of course). Interestingly, my characters were always much younger than I was at the time.
My parents weren't evil, just misguided. Sometimes I think that's even harder.