>tfw literally can't write a story without giving the main character your first name
I don't know what it is. I get fucking distracted. It just seems wrong when I read it and they're not sharing my name.
Does this make all my work self-insert shit?
this is actually really odd and probably a symptom of a sort of retarded narcissism. A kind I can't even shame, only pity.
>>9643118
maybe OP has a dope name and anything else just doesn't rate
>>9643122
It's WIlliam.
I don't even think it's that amazing of a name, but when I name the main character Chris or Robert, it distracts the hell out of me and I can't continue writing until I replace it with William.
>>9643125
I just gotta wonder how well you know yourself.
I get the feeling youre probably pretty aloof and have a poor grasp of how other's percieve you.
>>9643125
do what Tao Lin did, use William and then when you're done ctrl-f replace it all to something else. just don't read the result, to be safe.
>>9643130
Might as well just delete whole chapters when you send in the work for publication if you care so little about the difference between the draft and the finished product.
>>9643129
Man, and I thought hard projecting was a myth
>>9643118
How would you know that something "really odd" and therefore semi-unique) was a symptom of anything?