She had written, “Negative emotions were dangerous and they caused illness.”

[sb70012]

Hi,
Look at my grammar book correct sentence:

1.Direct = She wrote, “Negative emotions are dangerous and they cause illness.”

Now I have changed the sentence but I am not sure whether it's correct or not.
Look at the sentence which I changed the above one:

2.Direct = She had written, “Negative emotions were dangerous and they caused illness.”

Is my self made (#2) correct as well or not?

Thank you.

 

[5jj]

Is my self made (#2) correct as well or not?

No, because it's not what she had written. You cannot arbitrarily change words people said or wrote.

 

[Tdol]

If you want to change the tenses, make it indirect.

 

[Barb_D]

Yes - we back shift the tense for reported speech, not for the written word.