Focus (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 18, 2007
The Literate Lawyer: Fiction-Writing Principles Can Generate Courtroom Success
Forum Column - By M.C. Sungaila - Although fiction and legal briefs have different purposes, basic storytelling principles from fiction writing can inform and improve legal writing. Here are five helpful principles.
By M.C. Sungaila
Good writing - whatever its form - is good storytelling. In a trial court or appellate brief, the purpose of the narrative is to persuade. In a piece of literary fiction, by contrast, the purpose is often purely to entertain. Although fiction and legal briefs have different purposes, basic storytelling principles from fiction writing can inform and improve legal writing. Here are five helpful prin...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In