by Marcia Moston @MarciaMoston
It was a familiar situation, a mix of writers—some fiction,
some nonfiction—coming together for their monthly critique meeting. Michelle
was working on a nonfiction submission. She felt she had included too many
characters for such a short piece and asked the group what to do.
Sitting across the table, Elizabeth, a solid fiction writer,
saw no problem. “Just combine the characters.”
I yelped. “You can’t do that. That’s not a real person.”
