“I
just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their
own
voice. Just like a musician, you pride
yourself on having your own distinct sound.” – Terry McMillan
Born
on this day, McMillan grew up in Michigan and earned a degree in English from
UC-Berkeley before starting her writing career in her late 30s. After modest success, she had a major
breakthrough with the 1992 best-seller Waiting
to Exhale, credited with contributing to a shift in Black popular cultural
consciousness and the visibility of a female Black middle-class identity in
popular culture.
And
while she drew on her own experiences for part of that book, it was the 1998 semi-autobiographical
novel How Stella Got Her Groove Back
that firmly cemented her writing as a force to be reckoned with.
Terry
McMillan
Her work is characterized by relatable female
protagonists, and she says all of them reflect a part of herself, something she
thinks all writers have incorporated into their work. “Few
writers are willing to admit (that) writing is autobiographical, but it mostly is.”
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