From a newspaper story to short story: An award-winning writer offers some tools for finding and transforming the 'real' and imagining it into fiction.

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  • Author(s): Fincke, Gary
  • Source:
    Writer (Kalmbach Publishing Co.). Dec2008, Vol. 121 Issue 12, p26-27. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
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    • Abstract:
      This article presents tips and advice on writing short stories and fiction. The author relates finding inspiration from news stories and finding a way to enter the story as a fiction writer. Tips include focusing on the characters, deciding who is telling the story, setting and location of the plot, speech and language patterns of local people, and autobiographical aspects of fiction writing. INSET: The value of point of view.