(June 9, 2019 at 10:54 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:(June 8, 2019 at 11:54 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: If it's to be a novel, why not just make up the stories you need? That's what writers do, I'm told.
Boru
Because using shit that actually happened can really add to a story’s verisimilitude and actually make it more relatable?
I don't think that's necessarily true. I think that a novel which depended heavily on the anecdotes of strangers (which is what the OP asked for) would come off more as reportage than as fiction, especially as the anecdotes wouldn't be the product of the author's imagination.
Boru
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