tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post3521663817861149356..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: Stranger into fiction?DThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-8217851652964285442010-01-14T18:02:13.700+00:002010-01-14T18:02:13.700+00:00Go for it with what you have, adding a large dash ...Go for it with what you have, adding a large dash of imagination and What-If... By the time you've finished it might (and should) bear no resemblance to the story you first heard. Real life is there to inspire our stories, not inform them!Kath McGurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526923882402757423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-44310313363557481102010-01-14T16:45:39.001+00:002010-01-14T16:45:39.001+00:00Really enjoyed reading this blog, Rod. Do go for i...Really enjoyed reading this blog, Rod. Do go for it!Gillian McDadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758782108258244355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-69000075205531173102010-01-14T15:07:16.971+00:002010-01-14T15:07:16.971+00:00I think it's okay to plunder other people'...I think it's okay to plunder other people's lives because what happens is that in the writing the material invariably gets transformed so that the person from whose life you are borrowing wouldn't even recognise it if they read it. But don't use real names or real professions.Brian Keaneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17754984212153946279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-24418867297910341152010-01-14T12:21:17.081+00:002010-01-14T12:21:17.081+00:00I think you should go for it too. She may hunt you...I think you should go for it too. She may hunt you down when the book is on the Costa First Book Award shortlist though and everyone is saying, 'Hey, didn't that happen to..?'<br />:)Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-68413374048508628052010-01-14T11:31:09.695+00:002010-01-14T11:31:09.695+00:00WRITE the story Rod! Now! I can't see any '...WRITE the story Rod! Now! I can't see any 'ownership' issues with an idea that's stemmed from real life? Nor do I see any reason for more detail? Let your imagination take the germ of an idea wherever it may take you.<br />We all get our inspiration from so many places - pictures, lyrics, newspapers, real life people, snippets of conversation. Go for it. AND I want to read it. FxFionnualahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12275984316414726884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-85511716511375741412010-01-14T09:51:19.821+00:002010-01-14T09:51:19.821+00:00Hi
It's such a great feeling to be able to st...Hi<br /><br />It's such a great feeling to be able to stumble upon something in real life that could then inspire a writer to create something out of it. Art imitating life, that kind of thing. Good luck with the idea and the inspiration.<br /><br />Take careOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-86188862652991162102010-01-14T09:30:34.896+00:002010-01-14T09:30:34.896+00:00LOL, Rod!
I think we all get inspiration from rea...LOL, Rod!<br /><br />I think we all get inspiration from real life - whether that's just a character's mannerisms or a whole plot-line. The annoying thing i find, is that life often is stranger than fiction, and if i wrote half the stuff i've heard of/read about, an editor would simply say 'that's not realistic'.<br /><br />Pity you can't meet this woman again. Having said that, more details might have killed your interest, there might actually be something terribly mundane behind this story. Whereas if it is left to your imagination, well... The utterly blue sky is the limit...Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894920115299109640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-16744750485858294082010-01-14T08:39:03.870+00:002010-01-14T08:39:03.870+00:00Don't let it melt away, Rod! Go for it! Not ...Don't let it melt away, Rod! Go for it! Not that you have to speak more to this woman - indeed, my feeling is that you have exactly what you need: the germ of an idea. If you got too involved in HER story, it might stop being yours. A seed has been planted - let it germinate and take root, and meanwhile you can be researching crank organisations, reading books about people who got caught up in stuff like, for instance, The Moonies or Scientology, and see where it takes you. How exciting is this?<br />Best of luck with it,<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.com