tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6771775388110854391.post7842909618340988580..comments2024-01-29T06:21:11.353+00:00Comments on Sarah Duncan's Blog: Reality v RealisticSarah Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530089356370140344noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6771775388110854391.post-74586869946999181082010-11-20T08:37:46.446+00:002010-11-20T08:37:46.446+00:00I completely agree with you, that the requirement ...I completely agree with you, that the requirement that fiction has the quality of 'turnability' overrides your mother's insistence on accuracy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12817023658086779385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6771775388110854391.post-9056706609159893592010-11-19T19:21:36.139+00:002010-11-19T19:21:36.139+00:00Oh yes, the police must get fed up to the back tee...Oh yes, the police must get fed up to the back teeth with the way they're represented by TV. But who would want to watch them filling in all those forms? <br /><br />I hate seeing writers on TV portrayed as earning millions - not my reality for sure!Sarah Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12530089356370140344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6771775388110854391.post-48326435640413565782010-11-19T10:38:55.509+00:002010-11-19T10:38:55.509+00:00Balancing realism and drama can be quite difficult...Balancing realism and drama can be quite difficult to achieve, as too much either way and the whole story can descend into monotony or melodrama. I’m with you on Atonement though – it’s one of my favourite books and all the drama surrounding Briony was entirely believable to me plus it made the story more interesting.<br />But, I wasn’t a nurse in WWII. I think when people read a book which refers to a subject they know a lot about they can be pickier than the average reader, simply because they have such specialised knowledge of that world. For example, I have a friend who worked for the police who regularly has a go at what I think are realistic crime stories/dramas, saying the police would never do that or it would never happen like that, etc. I think writers have to forget about these specialists, to a certain extent, as if they became too bogged down in detail, the story would never move forward. For me, as long as a writer can make a narrative realistic enough to be true, yet interesting enough to make people carry on reading, then that’s enough. After all, we are talking about fiction, aren’t we?Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573809532018015486noreply@blogger.com