on Writers Helping Writers:
Everyone has a story!
The themes that run through family stories can have universal appeal, but actual evidence of a person’s life can be hard to find. Sometimes fiction is the only way to tell their story.
Fictionalizing family history requires managing the facts, the fiction, and the family itself. Read on to learn about interviewing, finding historical sources, filling in the fictional pieces, and how to manage the delicate process of explaining the book to your family.
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