tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821011413271713800.post807722834053458387..comments2023-04-12T06:09:09.932-04:00Comments on It Is Written: Truth Is Harder Than FictionJoe Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388911084883935375noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821011413271713800.post-55947721346156462582013-07-13T00:17:17.324-04:002013-07-13T00:17:17.324-04:00Thank you. I will.Thank you. I will.Joe Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388911084883935375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821011413271713800.post-50736537777322590512013-07-11T20:36:07.236-04:002013-07-11T20:36:07.236-04:00Joe: Great post. I am sure all who read appreciate...Joe: Great post. I am sure all who read appreciate your honesty, and the versatility of your writing. Keep up the great work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00295134479922154626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821011413271713800.post-24753454688283348242013-07-11T18:28:39.057-04:002013-07-11T18:28:39.057-04:00Facts are the tent poles of stories. The circus t...Facts are the tent poles of stories. The circus tent, and all the fun within--that's fiction, and the truth, and what readers come for.win and meredith blevinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350792359446808985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821011413271713800.post-26236241277194529512013-07-11T13:00:35.161-04:002013-07-11T13:00:35.161-04:00From our LinkedIn discussion:
It's two-fold: ...From our LinkedIn discussion:<br /><br />It's two-fold: the facts, then the feeling that comes from everything working together. I can't think of the right words here. Like showing "this is good" and "this isn't" and it feels true to me and the audience. I can leave the facts out or change the names. I read that Mark Twain used to weave true stories together into his so that the events that followed - though extraordinary - still felt right, because they had really happened. But the reader didn't know that. They didn't need to. It just felt ok.Joe Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388911084883935375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1821011413271713800.post-34002610841972672122013-07-11T11:59:02.933-04:002013-07-11T11:59:02.933-04:00Whoa. What you mean by "truth" is facts...Whoa. What you mean by "truth" is facts, or data. But they aren't truth (as any long-time newspaperman can tell you) by themselves. They have to be shaped into stories (which MAY be non-fiction, like a lawyer's closing argument) to become truth. This is why THE ILIAD has been heard and read for 10,000 years and the latest archeological report from Troy interest no one.win and meredith blevinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350792359446808985noreply@blogger.com