My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity it will be universal.
I came from a family where I felt great pressure to be financially successful...
It evolved from my experience in the fifties growing up during the McCarthy...
I tried to bake a cake for my mother's birthday - it took me four hours. It was terrible and I cried for three days.
