I get questions from writers about taking true events, mostly true personal events, and using them to create a fiction. Falling is an article from Writers Digest that can help answer your questions.
6 Tips for Writing Fiction Based on True Events
 | Brian A. Klems Online Editor WritersDigest.com @BrianKlems |
Today's guest post is by Lorie Ann Grover, author of Hit.
You are there. You see it. You're a writer, so, of course, you want to write about it. Now what? Writing fiction springing from an actual event, maybe one of your own personal experiences, requires a finesse for your reader's benefit, your friends', your enemies, and yourself. There is a way to handle the truth because you'll begin as if you are wearing kid gloves, but suddenly they will plump into boxing gloves, and before you know it, you are ready to deliver that punch right to your beloved, old auntie's face.
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1. Begin with the truth.
Truth is stranger than fiction, so there is certainly much to mine. Each of my contemporary novels sprang off the pages of my own life. Consider writing that first draft close to what happened, what you saw, and what you felt. Capture it. Read more...
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