Where does fiction begin?

Where does fiction begin?

Russell Celyn Jones (Published writer. Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the MA Programme at Birkbeck College (University of London).) gives expert video advice on: What is fiction?; Where does fiction begin?; What is the most important element of fiction? and more...

Where fiction starts is usually autobiography, but it doesn't end there. You can start the project writing about people you know and about your own life, but it's important to change those characters, because the imagination becomes engaged. Then you're not a slave to what is true and what is historical.