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Writing From Your Shadow Side With Michaelbrent Collings

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

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The Importance of Living With Who You Are

Mental health issues are also something that you do tackle in your life, but also in your writing. So how does that side come into your writing? It's like any other part of you. I have major depressive disorders, suicidal tendencies, and psychotic breaks. And so, as someone who deals with mental health problems day to day, I'm going to include those in my stories as much as a way of saying, hey, they're survivable as anything else.

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