Old horror writer back from the dead…
In my first two posts, I talked about what documentary fiction is and how structure shapes meaning. Now let’s get completely practical and discuss writing documentary fictions, the tools that help, and the ethical responsibilities you can’t dodge. Because here’s what I wish someone had told me before I started The Healing Physicians: documentary fiction … Read more
In my last post, we wrote about what documentary fiction is and why it matters. Today I want to get practical about the craft itself—specifically, how you build a documentary fiction structure that makes verifiable facts feel like inevitable story. Because here’s what nobody tells you when you start writing documentary fiction: it’s not just … Read more
You know that moment when you’re reading a history book and you think, “This is fascinating, but I’m falling asleep”? And then you pick up a novel and think, “This is gripping, but is any of it true?” I’ve been wrestling with this problem for months while working on The Healing Physicians—a project that tracked … Read more