Fiction or non-fiction? Maybe it’s both/and rather than either/or. The line between the two is thin. Lately I’ve been working on a large, creative non-fiction project. I’ve still got a novel out for consideration (as it has been almost continuously for half a decade now), but there’s a true-to-life story that’s got its talons in me. I’m not a post-modern writer, but I am a post-modern person. I believe, in other words, that true objectivity is beyond human beings. If that’s the case, facts are invented and not discovered. Histories are interpretations—not what actually happened. Fact sounds like it’s become fiction. My post-modernism breaks down when it comes to writing. Fiction is narrative. I’ve tried to read post-modern novels and I always end up frustrated and confused. I want a story to follow. Preferably a moody one. Now, the non-fiction post-modernist would say that both fiction and non may i...
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