Saving this to my list of writing fiction advice for when I get around to a novel one day. So far I've only written one very short fiction (poems and essays, personal and otherwise, are my jam) and it definitely pulls from my life. My son says I didn't leave enough iceberg beneath the surface but it's been well-liked by readers on Medium. https://medium.com/total-fiction/a-dragon-gets-his-wish-77457c10ec29