So I was thinking about how I wanted to write a story with resonance. I didn't just want an exercise in being entertaining, I wanted to make something that means something. And so I immediately went to nonfiction, even though I know perfectly well that one can write meaningful fiction. But once I make this about wanting to say something, everything that I want to say is personal. And I could fictionalize myself, I could make Allison almost, but not quite, me. But, just as I refused to rename Sheila, I refuse to rename myself. Allison is Allison, and I am me, and I am writing a story about the two of us.
And I think this story is about alternate selves and alternate histories, so there's me, there's other-me, and there's this girl I'm writing about, who is a little like me, too. Except she talks to toasters. Makes perfect sense, right?
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