Can truth exist in fiction? How about vice versa?
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Yay I'm first!! But truth can most definitely exist in fiction. I personally like to write fiction, and I include many truthful elements in my stories, truths about the world and about life. Also, if one believes in a particular religion, the stories in most religion's holy books are fiction, but to many they contain fundamental truths.
Yes truth can exist in fiction because people tend to write about what they know and what they've exprienced. If i was to write a fiction novel i would probably, somewhere, in my writing include something i've exprienced in life. Fiction can also exist in truth because people sometimes embellish their stories they tell.
I agree with what Brandie said, people cannot write about things unless they know about them, therefore there must be truth inputted into fiction, whether at surface level or deeper within the context. As winnifred stated, the holy books tell parables through which the truth is implied, not necessarily at surface level. Unlike what others have already said, I don't believe fiction can exist in truth. It has been stated that people elaborate on the truth, but this situation now becomes truth existing in fiction. The moment you add fiction, the surface level of the truth disappears, making others search into deeper understanding of the context to obtain truth
I agree with Brandie. The truth can be fiction because there has been fiction books based on true stories. Fiction can be a imagiantive, creative way of telling fiction.
As most people have pointed out, truth and fiction can and do both exist together. With fiction there are some stories where the author is able to write complete fiction with no references. As Brandies and Adam said, authors write using their experiences. When an author travels they go places to inspire themselves, and to create experiences to help them write their book. Brandie put it right with fiction being in truth, how people exaggerate the truth. Lots of people exaggerate when they tell a story which makes it, in a sense, fictional.It's still the truth, but you have changed it a bit so it's not the real story.
Like Mailer always says, "Nothing is written in a vacuum."
I think it is very, very hard to say no to this question and claim that fiction and fact never coincide.
A lot of what is written in fiction is truth, at least in the social aspects of a story, since fiction can be about totally created places, creatures and ways of life. Therefore those aspects are not necessarily true, they can be metaphores though for more concrete ideas. It really depends on the subject of the story, but for the most part fiction is true, when it comes to the basics of human, and earthly exsistance.
I agree with what everyone has said so far. Every fabrication comes from something real. Like crls spncr mentioned, "nothing is written in a vacuum." Likewise, everything real comes from a fabrication. It takes imagination to accept something as truth.
I definently believe that truth can exist in fiction. People do write about what they know. I agree with the others that when i write a fictional story i get my inspiration from events that have happened in my life.
I think so- Many stories come from a truth. Many stories are result of an event that triggered the idea of a story. They can be completely fictional, of course, but I think a great deal of authors have a event in mind when they write a story.
There can be facts involved in a story also: about the location of the story, the history, etcetera. The Kite Runner for example: all the dates, and historic events that took place are fact.
I’m not sure it works the other way though- Non-Fiction books are exactly that, non-fiction. They are books of truth, explaining how things work, or how they happened. To put fiction into them would be giving false information people would believe is true. If people are reading a non-fiction book, they are looking for facts. Fiction is not fact.
I'm going to agree with mostly everyone here that you can totally put fact into fiction and fiction into fact. Authors write plenty of fictional stories that have actual people or events in them, and they totally write stories with real events in them but with fictional characters. But I wouldnt go around saying that the Bible or the Koran or whatever you use is wrong and fictional, who are you to say that? its by faith that they believe it to be true. Go ahead and look at all the main religions, they all say pretty much the same things, just in different ways, it must be truth. Anyway, fact and fiction totally coincide, they are used all the time together either way whether you like it or not. :)
Everyone has pretty much elaborated on what I think as well. Which is the fact that the truth can exist in fiction. I agree on how most writers put their own life experiences into their work which is the truth. Although the truth can be twisted by adding fictional facts to make the reader believe it more. But then that would make the truth fiction. I agree with Tracy saying that you can't really put fiction into fact because then it would make it fiction. I don't really see how that could work.
Truth can most certainly exist in fiction. the author writes because they have a message to get across. that's the whole point of stories. they convey a message that can be hard to just explain.
of course truth can exist in fiction. The book may be classified as fiction, but there could still be certain truths to it. I agree with brandie, in that people tend to write about things they know and experience. That is true. I know that if i was writing something, even if it were fiction, i would add certain truthful attributes to my character. I am sure many fictional characters are somewhat autobiographical. How could they not be?
But then again, some things that are truthful to one, may not be truthful to others. It all depends on your point of view on the subject.
There is some truth in almost anything that is written. If the author is human, then they will instill the characters with human emotions subconsciously. This adds a truthful aspect any piece of literature.
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