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Exploring Creative Non-Fiction: Merging Facts with Imagination

Creative non-fiction stands at the crossroads between storytelling and truth, blending factual accuracy with the artistry of fiction. It’s a genre that allows writers to craft compelling narratives while staying rooted in reality. Embracing Authenticity 1. Truth as the Backbone Creative non-fiction harnesses real-life events, people, and places, maintaining fidelity to the truth while infusing…

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“Naming the World (and other exercises for the creative writer)” edited by Bret Anthony Johnston

From page 53, “How to Name the World: An Exercise in Research” by Bret Anthony Johnston:

“...research...buttressing the imagination with an unequivocal foundation in the material world.”

“Writers often use research to find the perfect details, pieces of information that simultaneously ground a story and give it wings. Spot-on details elicit readers’ trust while drawing them deeper and more completely into the narrative. Then, once the readers are immersed in the imaginary world, the research will keep them there, to sustain an atmosphere more real than reality.”

Exercise: “Return to an unfinished project and ferret out places or ways to incorporate research.”