February 5, 2005

Fiction versus reality

Is it possible we fiction writers are nothing more than escape artists who manage to write journals of our inner travels–hopefully in such a way that others willingly share our adventures? Fiction can be more enticing than reality. I would, after all, much rather imagine having a flat tire on a rainy night out in the middle of nowhere–with a complete story woven around it, full of interesting characters–than actually experience that flat tire and that wet, cold rain.
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— Barbara @ 1:19 pm PST, 02/05/05

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