How much do we need to disclose our life as a writer?

Behind the Story

When I decided to write about this story, I asked myself a question: how much do I have to reveal about my private life as a writer?

Do I really need to publish this story which people might think is one of the most painful parts of my life? — which was not actually the most painful event in my life, though.

I have written that we — writers or bloggers — are more or less selling slices of our lives. However, when it comes to publishing them online, everybody must have a limit.

This is a sensitive topic. I know that some people don’t want to talk about this issue. Thinking of myself, if it were me 20 years ago, which was just after my miscarriage, I wouldn’t be able to read this story.

In fact, I had no idea of writing about it on the morning of the day when I was supposed to have an abortion. However, at the end of the day after I finished everything, there was an urge rapidly growing inside me: I wanted to write about it.

It was almost a mission rather than a passion. I wanted to write about it. I needed to write about it. I wanted to share my story with others who might need this type of information.

Because that is a story which nobody else but me could write. As a Japanese woman who had experienced abortion in Canada, I wished to write what had happened to me and how I was feeling. It was a precious experience that I could compare between Japan and Quebec, in Canada. So, I wrote about it.

Some might say that I was brave, but it was natural for me. I just listened to my writer’s voice and followed it.

I am proud that I could share this story with my readers and I believe that it is one of the best stories which I’ve ever written so far. At least, it is one of the most meaningful pieces. After all, I think that I really am a writer.

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