Write to Dona Munker at StoryDriven.Net.
This website is about what goes into telling the story of someone else's lifethat is, it's about researching and writing a biography called SARA AND ERSKINE, AN AMERICAN ROMANCE.
I'm interested in what a "story" is (as opposed to "plot"). I'm also interested in what it means tell a life story in nonfiction, through the interpretation of information and evidence alone. Most of all, I'm interested in the intersection of research and the literary imagination of the writer. I think a lot about how a writer trying to visualize another person's life can use information and evidence to create a narrative solely by interpreting the evidence a life leaves behind, as well as about the limitations of interpretation. I also think a lot about what the story that drives me to write has to say about the human condition. Including mine. If you're interested in any of these things, please visit the "Articles" page archive or my article on "Finding Our Voice" on my Daughter of Persia: A Reader's Guide page (sidebar). If you'd like to be notified about future developments on this website, please enter your e-mail address in the SIGNUP BOX in the sidebar of the "Articles" page, then click on the automatic confirmation link that arrives in your e-mail and your name will be added to the notification list. 
BOOKS:
"Lyrical and enchanting....Beautifully written." The New York Times Book Review.
Watch a video on "Imagining a Life in Biography."
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