tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post2195665023483949856..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Turning life into fiction: how much do you change?Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-532402696026691432010-07-22T15:34:31.503-04:002010-07-22T15:34:31.503-04:00I got a wonderful compliment on my series from a f...I got a wonderful compliment on my series from a friend who's an accomplished writer and poet. She said, "It’s hard not to be thinking of you [both], but you spin off into a perfectly drawn fictional world." That's precisely the goal I'm aiming for in transmuting real life into fiction.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-13853738081088694502010-07-22T14:15:51.075-04:002010-07-22T14:15:51.075-04:00Real people and real events can be incredibly insp...Real people and real events can be incredibly inspiring, but in my experience I find it better to make some changes when I write. That way I don't get stuck in the writing process saying "that would never happen" or "they would never do that". Also by changing the "facts" about people and events, I can create something new and perhaps even more interesting then Meredith Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694011653129019961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-21172961124982620502010-07-22T09:30:35.603-04:002010-07-22T09:30:35.603-04:00Using real people in fiction without changing them...Using real people in fiction without changing them radically might seem like asking for trouble, but I've heard lots of writers say the people they portray in an unflattering way never recognize themselves. Yet someone who is *not* portrayed in a book may become convinced that a certain character is based on him or her. <br /><br />In any case, we have to use bits and pieces (or big chunks) Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com