Asked by the blog " 12 or 20 questions " where a piece of fiction usually begins for her, Diane Schoemperlen replied : " Most often, a piece of fiction begins with an idea about form and structure; for instance, the idea of writing a story with pictures, or a story told in e-mails, or a story alternating between fact and fiction, or a story based on the 100 words of the Standard Word Association Test.
