Likewise, when writing creative nonfiction, a writer may take a bit of poetic license. Fleming will consciously decide to use “may have thought” or “may have said” when she cannot verify (through diaries, letters, or other documentation) that the historical figure actually said or thought those lines, and that’s acceptable for more traditional forms of nonfiction, such as biography. Candace Fleming has written more than 30 books for children, many of them biographies.
A writer may consciously choose to use filters when writing about a historical figure.
Here we are essentially in the mind of the character, thinking the thoughts with him, because there are no filter words keeping us at arm’s length.
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