http://booksbywomen.org/how-newspapers-inspire-fiction-writers/ Sun, 09 Aug 2015 20:01:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 http://booksbywomen.org/how-newspapers-inspire-fiction-writers/#comment-46621 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 20:01:20 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13286#comment-46621 To me, there is nothing better than planting myself at a microfilm reader (or even checking out the Google News Archive at home), for finding stories I can incorporate in my writing. Ads for everything from department stores to products of the day to movies playing at the time make my brain click into high gear. When I have a first draft done and want to begin adding those incredible historical details that make the novel leap off the page, this is my methodology.

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