Authenticity in writing requires a personal, direct voice.

Evidence

It would have to be done naked, without the disguising distance of the third person pronoun. … Only the use of I, lovely and terrifying word, would get me to the place where I needed to go. — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 144

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Crews, Harry, A childhood the biography of a place, 144
• XREF: connects to: Autobiographical writing requires disguising experience while drawing entirely from it. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 591; Authentic expression requires determining one’s native language — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 360; Novelists should give couture responses, not off-the-rack clichés — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 14 (+2 more)