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I'm interested what you writers think. Can you objectively write without real life bleeding into your stories? How much does your subconscious sway a story? Characters, how much of them are a part of you?

It may be possible to write something that is completely removed from your experience or personality, but I don't think it's possible to write something good without either direct experience or tangential experience about what you're writing. Not unless you just steal, I guess, or just relay what someone else described to you.

My characters all hold a piece of me, because writing and most other stuff is escapism and I need to project to properly escape, to detach and say it’s someone else. So no.

I feel like everything I write is me to some extent, but they're also what I aspire to be. What I may not be yet, but the qualities that I admire and put on a pedestal. I guess my characters can be the epitome of the things I value and hold dear, or in some cases, the antithesis of my ideals. Like if I'm writing an anti-hero, or a villain MC, I guess it only works if I can feel repelled or frustrated at some of their actions because of how "wrong" it feels. So I guess the characters I write are stretched out and amplified versions of my subconscious.

I agree with Fluxion 100%. It's possible to do so, but good writing should draw a little bit from your own experiences. If the story you're writing doesn't resonate with you, how do you know it's going to resonate with your audience? In my personal experience, I've had more characters than not that are a part of me, and they're much easier to write. It's a fun challenge to have those who don't, who are completely different, but then it just feels like a caricature. I can get plenty of variety without forcing myself to be completely objective, and my stories feel all the better for it. Just my personal opinion, though. Maybe my characters are bland because of this - I'd have to look into it.