“Being a mixed-blood person of Ojibway and European ancestry, I always found that I only heard one side of the story - that was the conquerers' side, the side of the French Jesuit missionaries that came to live in what is now Ontario.” PersonsStoriesFoundSidesHeardBloodAncestryOntarioJesuit Author:Joseph Boyden
“As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.” NeedsStoriesCertainCoursesFictionAspectFiction Writers Author:Joseph Boyden
“The history needs to serve the story, not the story the history. But at the same time you can't stray too far.” NeedsStories Author:Joseph Boyden
“From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge.” FirstsPersonsStoriesCoursesChallengesPagesCraftsTenseStandpointFirst PersonPresent Tense Author:Joseph Boyden
