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And the more lucid part of Ms Bennett's (or...um...mramos') blog post bears a similarity to a post by someone else.
Bennett: When Does Writing Become Unbecoming (2014)
Writer's Relief: How to Write Fiction Based on Real Life (2009)
Bennett: When Does Writing Become Unbecoming (2014)
Grisham wrote legal thrillers based on his experiences as an attorney; Patricia Cornwell worked in a medical examiner’s office and turned this experience into a series of medical examiner thrillers. The inside knowledge these two authors possess contributed to their success and made their fiction believable. By ‘disturbing’ the real-life plot on a good dose of literary techniques, it can be pretty convincing that these can happen in real life. But what is the inherent motive in egging on their thoughts to live characters? Is it plain entertainment? Aren’t they telling us something else? When the Fifty Shades of Grey shut the door for other books in the New York Times Bestsellers for 18 straight weeks, ? It united people all over with common interest alright.
Writer's Relief: How to Write Fiction Based on Real Life (2009)
There are many well-known authors who have used their work backgrounds to create believable, technically correct fiction. John Grisham and Patricia Cornwell come to mind. Grisham made a name for himself writing legal thrillers based on his experiences as an attorney; Cornwell worked in a medical examiner’s office and turned this experience into a series of medical examiner thrillers. The inside knowledge these two authors possess contributed to their success and made their fiction believable.