As honest as a reality show

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

 

“Writing is writing, and stories are stories.  Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction.  And even there, who can be sure?”

—Tanith Lee, interview, Tabula Rasa, #4, October 1994

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Comments

[sollers]

Aargh. I had a long correspondence with someone doing a story using a relative's letters trying to pin him down as to whether it was supposed to be fiction or non-fiction, and they kept saying it didn't matter, just enjoy. What I was trying to tell them was that if it was supposed to be fiction, it was dead boring, and if it was non-fiction they ought to indicate it when they put in their own stuff, a lot of it being information that no censor would ever let through.

[pjthompson]

Then I guess you'll have to state it plainly since the subtle approach doesn't appear to have worked.