People think fiction is a lie.

That it’s an escape hatch, a fantasy, a made-up place to run to when the real world gets too loud.

But for me, fiction has always been the only place I can tell the truth. Here's why storytelling is the most honest thing we do.

Because when I write as “me,” I edit. I soften. I worry who’s watching.

But when I write as someone else - a girl who lives by the sea, or a boy who speaks in silence, I can finally say the things I’m afraid to say out loud.

Like how grief feels heavier at night.

Or how love sometimes doesn’t save us, just teaches us how to fall better next time.

Or how being strong is often just the art of hiding softness in plain sight.

In fiction, I can confess everything, and still pretend it’s not about me.

That’s the trick. That’s the freedom.

Readers may call it imagination.

But writers know: it’s memory, stitched in disguise.

Fiction is the house where I hide my diary under a different name.

It’s where I turn pain into plot, questions into dialogue, and longing into scenes.

It’s not less real than truth.

It’s just truth… dressed for a story.

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