Fiction is a lie, an untruth, and for the writer it is a piece of writing using made up facts. I love writing fiction because it lets me stretch my mind. Use my imagination to make a world of love, joy, kindness, goodness, all of those Boy and Girl Scout ideals we learned so long ago. I could also make a world so corrupt and dark, you’d cringe when you read the words. It let’s the writer create whatever they want because it doesn’t have to be true.
As humans, why do we like stories? They have been around as far back as man’s thinking abilities. I can imagine a long ago ancestor, telling the family or a group of men how the hunt went that day. I can see the proverbial “fish story” in the making. It could have gone something like this; “You know what I saw today when I was hunting game, you’ll never believe it. I sure didn’t when I first laid eyes on the creature. You remember that huge rock down by the lake? It’s the one that won’t fit inside our cave. The creature is bigger than the rock. It is covered with brown hair and walks on two legs. I could even see fangs hanging out its mouth. I swear every word I’m telling you is true.”
We tell stories for entertainment, as well as to impart knowledge. As humans we want to know about our existence, future and past. The who, what, when, where and why of everything. If we do not know for certain what the answers are then someone tends to create a story to fit the situation.
Fiction satisfies the need for entertainment. We can use our imaginations and put ourselves in the world which has been created by the use of fiction. The use of words and the imagination of us all is what’s needed for fiction.
Below is a video on Fiction Writing. Enjoy
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