Stories can be conceptually true, even if they’re factually inaccurate. James Frey pretty much argued that A Million Little Pieces was true on this level. Statements or pictures that are factually untrue can be true to the “spirit” of what is being conveyed. A couple of years ago an advertising campaign was criticised for promoting [...]
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Sharon Lippincott challenges us to “experiment with writing a short memory in parable form, or as a short story using third person and an assumed name.”
One of the important things about biographies and autobiographies is that they claim to be true. But many works of fiction claim to be true as well. So how do we tell the difference?
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The tale of the sheep-lion is about finding your true self – but what does it really tell us about truth?
In interviews, James Frey has proven his understanding that the distinction between fiction and non-fiction is far more complicated than most people assume.