A good piece of fiction, in my view, does not offer solutions. Good stories deal with our moral struggles, our uncertainties, our dreams, our blunders, our contradictions, our endless quest for understanding. Good stories do not resolve the mysteries of the human spirit but rather describe and expand up on those mysteries.
タグ: writing, on-fiction, fiction

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That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.
タグ: writing, truth, stories, on-fiction, fiction
In fiction workshops, we tend to focus on matters of verisimilitude largely because such issues are so much easier to talk about than the failure of imagination.
タグ: talk, focus, imagination, failure
Laughter does not deny pain. Laughter - like a wail - acknowledges and replies to pain.
タグ: does, like, laughter, pain
I know what it is to feel unloved, to want revenge, to make mistakes, to suffer disappointment, yet also to find the courage to go forward in life.
タグ: disappointment, revenge, courage, life
The people in 'July, July' do find themselves looking backward, talking to others and to themselves about those over-the-cliff, fork-in-the-road moments in their lives. I imagine this is what must happen at a 30th college reunion.
タグ: college, others, looking, people
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