LineiLou
Number of posts : 18 Age : 37 Location : Wolverhampton, UK Registration date : 2009-06-14
| Subject: Writing Biographies June 25th 2009, 12:18 pm | |
| I was wondering whether anyone had ever admired someone so much so that they would want to write a biography on them? I did and that's how I got the idea for my novel because doing a straight forward biography would have been pointless. I have no idea what she was really like as a person and the time frame of when she was alive is completely alien to me too. The best I can do is develop an interpretation of her character, but even then it wouldn't necessarily be accurate.
The reason I changed my mind and decided to do a novel is that I don't suppose this interpretaion has to be accurate. It just needs to be belivable. Another reason for opting out of the biography is that there are already loads about her, which I will be reading closely in order to get a sense of her. | |
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TerishD
Number of posts : 1441 Age : 64 Location : Ringgold, Louisiana Current Mood : Registration date : 2008-07-21
| Subject: Reply June 25th 2009, 1:01 pm | |
| My basic reply is, No. I am not somebody that seeks to know all the sordid details of someone else. There are a number of people that interest me, but only because they had interests parallel with mine. I thus respect their lives and seek their connection with our shared paths of thought. As for learning about all their other aspects, along with love lifes and such, Nope. | |
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