I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality.
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Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.
There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional.
Most of my stories, if not all of them, have some basis in real life. That's the kind of fiction I'm most interested in. I suppose that's one reason I don't have much respect for fiction that seems to be game playing.
Each time I'm starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I start to think about the plot as a fairy tale, or a dream, or a nightmare... As if it was the best way to tell the truth about characters or narration, instead of realism.
One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes more real than the view from our bedroom window. Fictional people can sometimes become as close to us as our loved ones.
Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.
Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world.
Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.
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