tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post1849605750783165318..comments2024-03-27T23:53:59.771-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: I'm In The Story, Part Deux: This Time It's Personal. Or Maybe Not.Leigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-28322117777890630192023-03-03T19:50:04.295-05:002023-03-03T19:50:04.295-05:00I often use composites, but sometimes I employ rea...I often use composites, but sometimes I employ real people in bit parts, nothing more than a few sentences. It gives minor characters a center of gravity without having to flesh out a biography for them.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-90543961467339582152023-03-03T15:43:12.897-05:002023-03-03T15:43:12.897-05:00Yeah, you can't force real (non-famous) people...Yeah, you can't force real (non-famous) people into fictional situations, unless of course, you kill them off immediately. I use real voices, however, all the time - it helps to write the dialog to have a cadence in mind, an accent, etc. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-20244936057933021122023-03-03T12:41:28.029-05:002023-03-03T12:41:28.029-05:00Jim, I wish I was still teaching college so I coul...Jim, I wish I was still teaching college so I could quote you: "Roman a clefs are usually bad because they try to force fit real people, dialog, and events into a fictional narrative." SO many times I had students in my class who really wanted to write memoirs, but knew they didn't sell, so if they *only* wrote them as fiction... And yes, they had virtually no plot and unsatisfactory endings, of course. Well, I shall carry your words forward to the workshops I teach. Good post! Melodie Campbellhttp://www.melodiecampbell.comnoreply@blogger.com