TRUTH OR FICTION

ON FACTUAL ACCURACY & TRUTH OF THE WRITTEN WORD

I find the ongoing debate over what constitutes fiction and creative non fiction to be both reductive and agenda dependent. It is also, at its core, intellectually dishonest. The idea that to be moved by experience requires a factually accurate narrative is insulting to our human capacity to know ourselves.

The semantic micro concerns of what constitutes fact, truth, and honesty will be debated ad nauseum by those who find it dangerous to experience gut level awareness through the gestalt of theme and sub text.

Reading with a willing heart and an open mind, is to experience the transformative resonance inherent in the collective truth of a great work; predicating worth, meaning, and quality on factual accuracy is both tedious, and misses the entire fucking point.