Fact from fiction

Can you learn anything from fiction? As a writer, the answer has to be a resounding 'yes'. But what about the reader? What can a reader take away from something that never actually happened? Writing Therapy is, first and foremost, a fictional account of a teenage girl's recovery from depression. Frances Nolan is a young girl with a problem. She's been doing too much reading. So much, she thinks that she's a character in a book that she's creating. But the way this young girl chooses to recover reveals another layer to the writing. Because Writing Therapy is a book about writing, too. In it's first ever review (by D.J.Kirkby) Writing Therapy was described as being "ideal for those preparing to write their first full length manuscript," and as "an effective 'how to' book cleverly disguised as an innocent novel." Serena Rain, a writer living in California has just said, "It's a great read and an entertaining writing manual." And as a story about the process of personal myth-making and the complex relationship between fact and fiction, Writing Therapy can clearly be a useful introduction to a number of ultimate truths. Even though it's 'only' a work of fiction.