I realise reading this I actually HAVE written novels around some of the characters and events she describes here - Lydia Lopokova and Maynard Keynes in the 1920s. But I'm certain I couldn't have done it if they'd been "family" or perhaps even if they'd had direct descendants. There's a need to be able to make a subject your own, when you start imagining it into fiction, and a legacy, even if on the face of it a positive one, can be a real burden.
Please tell Emma Darwin I absolutely agree with her article. I wrote Snow Widows using creative nonfiction techniques- the Times called it ‘masterly’ but only the experts believed it was non fiction. So this time around with Behind Everest (as Kate Nicholson) I have taken the ‘polar’ opposite approach. I did that creative fiction course at Kellogg! I would really enjoy a chat with Emma about ‘truth’ and truth. So fascinating…
I realise reading this I actually HAVE written novels around some of the characters and events she describes here - Lydia Lopokova and Maynard Keynes in the 1920s. But I'm certain I couldn't have done it if they'd been "family" or perhaps even if they'd had direct descendants. There's a need to be able to make a subject your own, when you start imagining it into fiction, and a legacy, even if on the face of it a positive one, can be a real burden.
Please tell Emma Darwin I absolutely agree with her article. I wrote Snow Widows using creative nonfiction techniques- the Times called it ‘masterly’ but only the experts believed it was non fiction. So this time around with Behind Everest (as Kate Nicholson) I have taken the ‘polar’ opposite approach. I did that creative fiction course at Kellogg! I would really enjoy a chat with Emma about ‘truth’ and truth. So fascinating…