History Main / IWroteOurStory

* Both the main characters from ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain'' do this at the end after the plot is resolved. Billy Crystal's character (the one who is an actual author) is outraged that his former student, played by Danny DeVito, may have beaten him to market with the same story and seems to consider actually murdering the man out of anger, but DeVito's turns out to be a children's book with a family-friendly ending and they end up happy for each other and successful.
* Near the end of RomancingTheStone, it's revealed Joan's latest romance novel was based on the events of the film, albeit she included a happy ending before she actually got one.

* ''{{Seinfeld}}''. The ShowWithinTheShow is about incidents surrounding the main characters' lives. (I.E: yeah, it's about nothing.)

* [[{{Meganekko}} Toujou]] from ''[[IchigoOneHundredPercent Ichigo 100%]]'' writes fantasy novels. At one point, the main character has to choose among some girls. Just as Manaka has to choose.

* [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Haruka]] from ''KimiGaNozomuEien'' desperately wanted an picture book about saying goodbye. Which is exactly what she does later on.

* In the epilogue of ''{{Eyeshield 21}}'', Karin becomes a mangaka, and her editor asks her to use her experience in American Football to write a manga about the sport, with the legendary runningback Eyeshield 21 as the main character.
* In ''KeroroGunsou'', Aki uses Keroro and his friends as the inspiration for her latest manga series.
* [[MadArtist Rohan Kishibe]] from ''Manga/{{JoJosBizarreAdventure}}'' Part 4 can turn people into books with their thoughts and experiences written on them. He uses his power on Koichi, the FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator, and gets fascinated with him, which gives him the idea to draw a "manga about the story of a stand user" based on Koichi's experiences. He's stopped, since doing that would imply Koichi's death.

-->-- '''Chihaya Ikaruga''', ''AsuNoYoichi''

* As mentioned above, [[{{Meganekko}} Chihaya's]] manga is about a samurai. This samurai is surrounded by four girls. Incidentally, ''AsuNoYoichi'' is also about a samurai surrounded by four girls.

* ''{{Paradise}}'' seems to be just this in itself, though special mention goes to Iris and Gabriel who wrote Perspectives' events from a quarauntined Silver City.

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* ''TrueTears''' main character, Shin'ichiro, is drawing a story about a rooster that tries to fly. This 'flying' aspect is actually the point of the entire anime.

* [[MadArtist Rohan Kishibe]] from ''{{JoJosBizarreAdventure}}'' Part 4 can turn people into books with their thoughts and experiences written on them. He uses his power on Koichi, the FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator, and gets fascinated with him, which gives him the idea to draw a "manga about the story of a stand user" based on Koichi's experiences. He's stopped, since doing that would imply Koichi's death.

* Episode one from ''TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya''

* The titular character of ''{{Bones}}'' writes novels about her life as a criminal anthropologist. This is actually TruthInTelevision - the show is [[VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory loosely based on]] the life of RealLife forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who wrote a series of novels based on her life and career.

* In ''{{NCIS}}'', [=McGee=] has a successful book series that may be the least well-veiled example in history, with "characters" sharing all but one letter of their names with their real-world counterparts. One character's name doesn't even get that much, being changed from Jimmy Palmer to Pimmy Jalmer.

* ''SecretWindow'', based on the book by Creator/StephenKing, starred Johnny Depp as the [[AxCrazy psycho writer]].

* Both the main characters from ThrowMommaFromTheTrain do this at the end after the plot is resolved. Billy Crystal's character (the one who is an actual author) is outraged that his former student, played by Danny DeVito, may have beaten him to market with the same story and seems to consider actually murdering the man out of anger, but DeVito's turns out to be a children's book with a family-friendly ending and they end up happy for each other and successful.

* ''Secret Window'', based on the book by Creator/StephenKing, starred Johnny Depp as the [[AxCrazy psycho writer]].

* In ''{{NCIS}}'', McGee has a successful book series that may be the least well-veiled example in history, with "characters" sharing all but one letter of their names with their real-world counterparts. One character's name doesn't even get that much, being changed from Jimmy Palmer to Pimmy Jalmer.

* In ''{{NCIS}}'', McGee has a successful book series that may be the least well-veiled example in history, with "characters" sharing all but one letter of their names with their real-world counterparts.

* In ''{{Supernatural}}'', a character is [[spoiler:chosen to become a prophet of God, and begins having dreams chronicling the adventures of the lead characters. (Basically, he's seeing what the show's audience is seeing.)]] But, not knowing that his visions are true, he proceeds to write them down as books and publish them under a pen name. Needless to say, he's a bit shocked when he finds out the truth, and is flung headlong into his own world filled with demons and monsters.

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* [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Haruka]] from ''KimiGaNozomuEien'' desperately wanted an image book about saying goodbye. Which is exactly what she does.

* [[Paradise]] seems to be just this in itself, though special mention goes to Iris and Gabriel who wrote Perspectives' events from a quarauntined Silver City.

* ''Secret Window'', based on the book by StephenKing, starred Johnny Depp as the [[AxCrazy psycho writer]].

* ''Secret Window, Secret Garden'' by StephenKing.

* In the US version of ''{{Queer As Folk}}'', Michael and Justin write and illustrate their own comic book, Rage, which features Brian as the lead character and tells stories right out of the characters' own lives.

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* ''TheWordWeary'' is written by John Kossler and features a protagonist named John Kossler writing a comic about his life.
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-->''I decided. The main character is going to be a samurai.''\\
-- '''Chihaya Ikaruga''', ''AsuNoYoichi''

* ''TheCanterburyTales''

* In the US version of ''{{Queer As Folk}}, Michael and Justin write and illustrate their own comic book, Rage, which features Brian as the lead character and tells stories right out of the characters' own lives.