Coincidence is tricky in fiction, but Highsmith maintained that she liked "situations that are almost but not quite incredible".
The author in HHhH, by Laurent Binet A particularly interesting book this one, in terms of the tricky border between fiction and lies.
That's a tricky balance in fiction, creating a character who isn't always likable, because you risk alienating your readers.
When I first started writing prose, I had a tricky time differentiating between fiction and memoir, and tended to hold my tongue during such debates.
This is one of the trickiest parts of writing fiction, but it's key in crafting your skills as a writer.
Separating fact from fiction can be tricky with Anne Stevens, the GKN boss.
IN A place as politically turbulent as Egypt, where yesterday's good guys become today's villains and vice versa, telling fact from fiction can be tricky.
Whether you consider him the last modernist or one of the postmodernists, you can't deny the fundamentally tricky nature of Gass's fiction.
Finding a publisher to take a punt on historical fiction can be tricky -- when that fiction is written in a shadow language and based on a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the Norman invaders of the 11th century, perhaps even more so.
Even her doubtful memory reminds us that fact and fiction can be tricky to sort out.
