Sometimes the reader will decide something else than the author's intent; this is certainly true of attempts to empirically decipher reality.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When a writer is already stretching the bounds of reality by writing within a science fiction or fantasy setting, that writer must realize that excessive coincidence makes the fictional reality the writer is creating less 'real.'
More often than not, real life is so rich, complex and unpredictable that it would seem completely implausible in the pages of a novel.
Individuals have to decide what is true and real for them.
There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality.
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.
I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality.
A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
If I've vividly laid out the narrative, the reader will come to his own conclusions.
Like all writers, I draw from life as I know it; but it's a refracted kind of reality, and none of it is factually true.
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