Day 2 (of 31 days of free writing)

~ Linda Wright

Once I heard a bestselling author talk about self-censorship. She said that authors often hold back from writing what is true to their story or characters because they believe they know what readers want, what people will buy.

Before a book is even printed, she warned, censorship is in play. I mused about self-censorship a lot when I was writing my memoir. I have a rather limited imagination, so I wrote about myself and my family. I wasn’t as concerned about my book sales as I was about how much of what I had previously kept private could I bear to make public. I made a lot of decisions about what to reveal and what to leave out. Some of those decisions were based on relevance to the story line. It’s the decisions that I made based on cowardice that I would name as self-censorship.

Published by Linda Wright

Linda Wright, author of "My Turn: When Caregiving Roles Reverse," now lives in Florida. She has served on the boards of organizations serving people with rare, genetic bleeding disorders like hers. As a writer, she has contributed to several anthologies and is a member of the Tallahassee Writers Association. Linda is married to the Reverend Ms. Robin Gray.