Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Nov 19 2009
A family tree does not a novel make
The idea of story was off to the side today as I found a few new clues from the family tree. It's a challenge. I've often thought that it might be a problem if I ever wanted to put these folks into a fictional piece. What I've been told of them is so fragmented and confused that it takes a lot of dedicated research to untangle the real history from the folkfore when looking for documentation. Fictional characters have to make a bit of sense, unlike our quirky relatives, both past and present. Still, it's a good lesson in plotting and motivation. And it teaches me to give readers enough information so that characters come across as plausible, no matter what else is going on in a story.
posted at: 22:20 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
The idea of story was off to the side today as I found a few new clues from the family tree. It's a challenge. I've often thought that it might be a problem if I ever wanted to put these folks into a fictional piece. What I've been told of them is so fragmented and confused that it takes a lot of dedicated research to untangle the real history from the folkfore when looking for documentation. Fictional characters have to make a bit of sense, unlike our quirky relatives, both past and present. Still, it's a good lesson in plotting and motivation. And it teaches me to give readers enough information so that characters come across as plausible, no matter what else is going on in a story.
posted at: 22:20 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
