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Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life
291 pp.
| Grosset |
November, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-448-48672-7$17.99
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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.