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Winchell, Mike, Editor

Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life

291 pp. | Grosset | November, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-448-48672-7 $17.99
(3) 4-6 Each famous author (including Margarita Engle and Gary Schmidt) shares an incident from his or her life and then presents a fictional story inspired by it. Some reshape what really happened into a short story; others use themes and emotions from reality to inspire wildly altered tales. The result is a varied showcase of how writers can use their memories in fiction without being tied to the details.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

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