Some choose to write as themselves, while others write from a third-person perspective...

I agree with you. 💯
One thing I tell people is that every person writes about their experiences, worries and fears. As a writer, it is impossible to write about other people's feelings if you do not feel a thing about that situation.

If I tell stories about school girls who win competitions, that an indirect way of telling my readers that I support girls who stand out, I want to be that girl who excels or I am that girl who has experience tremendous success and wish to inspire other young girls with my stories.

short story writers can make good conversationalists.

True ...true...true! Especially the introverts.

entitled relatives who not only invite themselves over but also treat your house as their personal belonging, even bringing outsiders, popping champagne, and ordering you around like a servant, as if your place is the Downtown Abbey and they are the aristocrats that occupy it.

Got me doubling down with laughter. I wish we could send voice notes. It would help me express all of my thoughts right now. 😂😂

Since they like to play house and treat your life as their own stage, you might as well make them yours to write. Center your story around two characters who like each other but don’t get a happily ever.

😂😂😂
Gosh! You are simply amazing!