Johanna told John she had finished the book she was writing last time they met.
She said she finished it last week.
She told him she has started another one now.
She told him she is writing a love story and will finish it soon.
She told him she writes a little everyday.
it means a photo can say so much such as telling a story
This is true. Narrative stories are usually fictional, but some authors write narrative stories that are kind of similar to memoirs in the sense that they document a true experience from the author's life.