Writing tagged: ‘factual writing’
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‘Lesser’ truth v artistic licentiousness
I don’t buy claims that paintings are more accurate than photographs, and novels more truthful than factual writing.
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Book review: ‘Orwell’s Roses‘ by Rebecca Solnit
Pleasure, truth, and roses.
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The slippery slope of minor embellishments
Artistic licence in factual writing doesn’t include making stuff up.
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The gaping void between fact and fiction
Fact and fiction are discrete things, not parts of a continuum.
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Limitations of the blog format
For some time now, I’ve been growing increasingly conscious of the limitations of the blog format in catering for the provisional nature of factual writing.