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Professional ghostwriters, like fiction writers who create stories themselves, know how real-life experiences, especially those from a writer’s own life, can fuel the conflict, tension, and stakes in fiction writing.
Part of the secret to success is to weave authentic elements of human struggle, ambition, and confrontation into fictional plots, creating stories that resonate deeply with readers.
In this episode, Autumn Karen joins internationally-acclaimed bestselling fiction novelist Lana McAra and shares powerful lessons from her years of experience working with personal stories and impactful narratives.
By creating stories that resonate deeply with readers, you generate #Unputdownable fiction writing that will hook your readers in and make them feel a visceral, personal rooting interest in how things turn out!
Tune in and hear Autumn Karen’s thoughts on:
- Some of the most common types of conflict you’ve seen in the real stories you’ve ghostwritten, and how can those inform conflict in fiction
- When borrowing from real life to create fictional conflict, how to ensure it resonates with readers while still maintaining creative freedom
- Ethical considerations when using real-life experiences, either your own or others’, to fuel fictional stories – How ghostwriters balance staying true to someone else’s real-life story while crafting a narrative that feels engaging and dramatic
- And much, much more!
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About the Author: Autumn Karen
Autumn Karen is a filmmaker, journalist, ghostwriter, and educator who uses writing to elevate traditionally unheard stories.
She's English faculty at High Point University, an Honors Fellow at UNC Greensboro, and a longtime contributor to local independent paper Triad City Beat.
Her award-winning work as a journalist, author, and screenwriter centers on themes such as systematic oppression, grief, and complex societal relationships.
Among her credited co-authored books in her last decade as a ghostwriter are Mississippi Still Burning: From Hoods to Suits, the story of a Black preacher who took over the KKK from prison, and Amy: Book One, an empowerment erotica novel published through the University of Pleasure.
Her award-winning short screenplay, Infinity Care, is based on her own experience losing a daughter to epilepsy.
She’s a founder of Medusa’s Gaze, a development and distribution company that focuses on amplifying the voices of women and gender-diverse creators.
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