Writers Researching: Fact and Fiction

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dc.contributor.authorIrwin, Ron
dc.contributor.authorMoffett, Helen
dc.contributor.authorBeukes, Lauren
dc.contributor.authorMakholwa, Angela
dc.contributor.authorDowling, Finuala
dc.date2014-01-27
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T10:44:47Z
dc.date.available2014-09-29T10:44:47Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-29
dc.description.abstractWhat is the relationship between research and the writing process and between historical ‘truth’ and fictional ‘truth’? Are there boundaries which should not be crossed? In this course writers will talk about the research that resulted in their recent novels. Ron Irwin, author of Flat Water Tuesday, will discuss how he researched people, places and real events and the challenges associated with turning the events of one’s own life into a novel. Helen Moffett, one of the trio behind the Girl Walk In series, will explain how she and her co-authors research and write erotica novels, providing insight into collaboration, champagne and condoms. Award-winning Lauren Beukes will describe how she ‘kinks’ reality in relation to the real-world research that informed The Shining Girls and Zoo City. Angela Makholwa will explore the process of writing the criminal mind, including interviews with a serial killer for Red Ink, and research about women who killed their husbands for Black Widow Society. Readers always assume that everything that happened in your book happened to you, complains Finuala Dowling, so what’s the point of trudging uphill for five hours in search of one sentence? Referring to both Homemaking for the Down-at-Heart and her latest manuscript, The Fetch, she discusses the price of authenticity.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitation 2014. <i>Writers Researching: Fact and Fiction.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7726en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation. 2014. <i>Writers Researching: Fact and Fiction.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7726en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationIrwin, R., Moffett, H., Beukes, L., Makholwa, A., Dowling, F. 2014-09-29. Writers Researching: Fact and Fiction. Recorded lecture. University of Cape Town Summer School 2014. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Other AU - Irwin, Ron AU - Moffett, Helen AU - Beukes, Lauren AU - Makholwa, Angela AU - Dowling, Finuala AB - What is the relationship between research and the writing process and between historical ‘truth’ and fictional ‘truth’? Are there boundaries which should not be crossed? In this course writers will talk about the research that resulted in their recent novels. Ron Irwin, author of Flat Water Tuesday, will discuss how he researched people, places and real events and the challenges associated with turning the events of one’s own life into a novel. Helen Moffett, one of the trio behind the Girl Walk In series, will explain how she and her co-authors research and write erotica novels, providing insight into collaboration, champagne and condoms. Award-winning Lauren Beukes will describe how she ‘kinks’ reality in relation to the real-world research that informed The Shining Girls and Zoo City. Angela Makholwa will explore the process of writing the criminal mind, including interviews with a serial killer for Red Ink, and research about women who killed their husbands for Black Widow Society. Readers always assume that everything that happened in your book happened to you, complains Finuala Dowling, so what’s the point of trudging uphill for five hours in search of one sentence? Referring to both Homemaking for the Down-at-Heart and her latest manuscript, The Fetch, she discusses the price of authenticity. DA - 2014-09-29 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - writing KW - research KW - fiction KW - authenticity LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Writers Researching: Fact and Fiction TI - Writers Researching: Fact and Fiction UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7726 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitation. 2014. <i>Writers Researching: Fact and Fiction.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7726en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of Cape Town Summer School 2014en_ZA
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_ZA
dc.subjectwritingen_ZA
dc.subjectresearchen_ZA
dc.subjectfictionen_ZA
dc.subjectauthenticityen_ZA
dc.titleWriters Researching: Fact and Fictionen_ZA
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uct.type.publicationTeaching and Learningen_ZA
uct.type.resourceRecorded lectureen_ZA
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