Good Fiction

January 30, 2019January 23, 2019 Zoetic WordsLeave a comment

Why? Because fiction is just that. A product of the imagination of a writer. The result of careful crafting, not constrained by facts, reality or the world we live in.

Your definition of good fiction may be different at various times, depending on many things including your mood, what you want out of your book.

Why do you read whatever it is that you read? Can you add to this list?
For enjoyment, procrastination, escape, fantasy, entertainment, mental stimulation, armchair travel. To find answers, learn the right questions to ask, how to make better decisions, educate yourself. To improve your life skills, capacity for understanding, empathy, vocabulary, memory, focus, concentration, communication, writing skills, creativity, motivation, physical and mental health, self-esteem, learn the lessons of history, learn how people think, why they act as they do, learn life skills, how to make better decisions, open your mind. To lose yourself in fantasy, explore the universe, other lands, people and cultures, your own choices, motivations and depths, to put yourself to sleep…

Stories as mirrors

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Mirrors

When I can’t understand something important, I search, I research and I write. I write and write everything I know, everything I feel until clarity comes. Sometimes I don’t completely understand until my story is told. Sometimes I don’t understand the details even then.

What is a draft if not telling yourself the story. Rewriting and editing are for clarifying it all first in the mind of the writer so that the reader may ask the right questions to find their own answers.

The Purpose of a Storyteller

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Questions to think on

The best stories take reality, cut the BS, give a reader every viewpoint required for clarity and leave them to decide for themselves what to do with what they learn.

Stories are light

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Write some light into the world. Your reader wants something to look to, guidance through the murky darkness. Help them escape the melancholy gloom, set a cheerful fire to warm their hands by.

Light a flame in their hearts warm enough to carry them back safe into reality. Light the way to a better future.

Between the Lines

January 18, 2019January 9, 2019 Zoetic WordsLeave a comment

between the lines

Some of the best books have us talking about them for years, learning more about the story as we mature and our understanding of life deepens. We see things we never realised, things we never saw before though we may have read the words over and over.