Memories and Fiction by Allison Symes
Image Credits: Images created in Book Brush using Pixabay images. Memories may come into fiction more often than you might think. There is an obvious link between memories and memoir writing but fiction, surely not? Think back to what you love reading and what drew you to write at all. Were you inspired by something you remember reading? I’ve always had a great love for the classic fairytales and they continue to influence a lot of what I write. As for crime stories, how often is the culprit caught by the detective thanks to something they forgot or the culprit ends up contradicting their own alibi, having forgotten to ensure they keep their story straight? Those writing historical fiction must still remember to get their history right as they weave their own stories around this. It also needs to be remembered the characters in the story cannot know how the history will play out unless they are referring to something in their past. So memories play an important,...