The A-B-C of Writing True Stories

The A-B-C of Writing True Stories

When is a true story not a true story?

Writing a fictionalised account of real events

Oct 16, 2021
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Hello and welcome to this week’s A-B-C of Writing True Stories newsletter.

This week and next I’m going to look at a fascinating by-water of writing true stories: the novel based on true events.

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All of my musings in this newsletter have so far been about narrative non-fiction, true stories — be they true crime, memoirs or biographies — told in …

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