The above question is often asked by youngsters and wondered about by the rest of us. There is a belief that there are only about 7 different story formats. In fact stories are flexible, adaptable and cross every possible area of life. Take the one I experienced this week.
The film is inspired by the real-life scandal that rocked the sleepy town of Littlehampton, Sussex, in the 1920s.
The real-life Rose Gooding moved to the small seaside town of Littlehampton, Sussex, in 1918.
Rose had welcomed her daughter Dorothy out of wedlock three years before marrying her husband, Bill, which was frowned upon at the time.
Nevertheless, Rose soon formed a friendship with her neighbour, Edith Swan, with the pair bonding over their household work. Edith wrote out a recipe for chutney and lent Rose knitting patterns for socks, while Rose lent Edith a tin bath.
But their friendship soon turned sour after they fell out over their communal garden, and Edith quietly plotted her revenge.
The idea of dramatising a real life situation is as old as the hills and is a rich vein of opportunities for exercising the story writing muscles. In fact a number of my Steele novels are based on real life events.
7 Hours After is centred upon the events of 9/11 and incorporates some suitably juicy conspiracy theories all examined by the enigmatic Patrick Steele.
Flight into Secrecy on the tragic loss of Malaysian flight 370 that threw up a veritable plethora of theories as to the reason for the aeroplane's disappearance. All great fun to research then examine for grains of possibility.
The resulting books have openings for 'truth' to be applied which hopefully teases the reader into reading and becoming embedded in the reality of the tales.
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