Reflection of the Author

Have you run into a reader who thought that because you wrote a story, it must be true? Or worse, it must be about you?

It doesn't matter in what genre a writer chooses to write, unless it's non-fiction, it isn't true. I know this is going to sound weird, but that means the story was created as a flight of fantasy for the author. Some of the might be more nightmare than daydream, but it's still something made-up.

Sometimes part of it is true, but that doesn't mean a reader can figure out which ...