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And yes, I do need the distance in order to be able to write about a place, because as a writer of fiction I need to fictionalise it to some extent, and I would find that difficult to do if I was looking at it through the window as I wrote.

Mari Strachan answers questions about her first book, The Earth Hums in B Flat 2010

An interesting reaction, since, though she hasn't fictionalise her grief, she has published a 417-page account of it.

A Widow's Story: A Memoir by Joyce Carol Oates – review 2011

Helen Dunmore, whose novel The Siege is about wartime Leningrad – its sequel, The Betrayal, is about the period immediately before Stalin's death – said that novelists stray into "dangerous territory" when they fictionalise real people.

Author, author: Antony Beevor on faction 2011

Doctordi – how we need a Donna Tartt to come along and fictionalise Cambridge in a literary way – that would be so good!

Cambridge Reads « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

Ben Myers's novel is an attempt to fictionalise what happened to Edwards in the few days – perhaps his last – after he left that hotel.

Richard by Ben Myers – review Paul Owen 2010

Next week, is dialogue week, in which I must fictionalise a conversation with my husband.

More Exercises « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

We've reached a point where you can't just fictionalise these stories anymore – there's a wider public understanding of, and a respect for, video games.

Rockstar vs Daily Star: a landmark moment in games coverage? Keith Stuart 2010

Next week, is dialogue week, in which I must fictionalise a conversation with my husband.

2009 April « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

If the film is as much about family, why didn't Bouchareb fictionalise his story entirely – why hobble it with the baggage of 7/7?

Rachid Bouchareb: my film about the 7/7 London bombings 2010

Six hundred words were suggested to tackle the important question of whether it is "right and fair" to fictionalise real-life characters.

Tackling real-life characters in fiction is fine – as long as you do it well 2010