This week in class we did not meet. However, we watched a movie called “Can You Ever Forgive Me” that was based on the book written by Lee Israel. She was an author who forged letters of famous letter writers and she would sell them so that she could pay her bills. The movie was very good and I was really locked into it after just a few minutes. I did not know that it was based on a true story until after the movie. I did more research after finding this out. It was really cool that this was a true story and one main takeaway was that good writing comes from within and you just need that spark to get going. Lee was struggling to find something that she could write about and it be good. When she started to do this it was like a switch was flipped in her mind and she was able to make creative stories and people really enjoyed them. She was finally happy with her writing again. Although it was a crime, she never regretted it and claimed it was the best time.
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