CREATIVITY: I have never physically given birth but I do feel that my characters, when I write fiction, come out of my body and live their own lives, to some extent regardless of the lives I would want for them. (...)

"To give birth to ideas." Is this only an expression, or are there really parallels between giving birth and creativity?

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Gail M Feldman [genessa]

I have never physically given birth but I do feel that my characters, when I write fiction, come out of my body and live their own lives, to some extent regardless of the lives I would want for them. The best I can do is follow them around and nag them.