Does a story have to come from the author’s own experience? Yes. I feel most stories that are written comes from the author’s own experience in some way. When you write from your own experience it makes a better story. As an author writes, they brainstorm about what they want to write about first. During the time you are brainstorming, memories from the past and situations you’ve been in always come into play. A story coming from your own experience has more feeling in it and it’s more vivid then if you were to make a story up. Real life experiencing are always more interesting and also come with life lessons. People today love to look into others’ lives and in some way experience what they have experience. It is almost as if you are walking
