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Hi Steven Jackson,
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What did you mean by saying that "when writers write, they tend to believe what they write?"
I guess if one of the major goals of writers is to make their stories, characters, scenes, dialogue, etc. believable to their audience, they first need to make those things somewhat believable in their minds. There are writers who believe that their fictitious characters really exist in real life. I even like to believe that Lestat, in a physical form, many times sat next to his creator. (I'm still a horror junkie... Not to say that Anne Rice fits in the horror genre because she is more than that. I never really researched this so correct me if I'm wrong, but she started the vampire genre. In the past, I've read about her in horror magazines, but times or places where she's categorized as "horror" is basically for cosmetic purposes? Going off on a tangent even more, I never really thought about which section "Interview" would be in the video store racks.)
I should probably pick something that is more current, but I was just surfing Anne Rice's website today, and it reminded me of the whole Lestat-craze. I'm still in love with Lestat. Did Tom Cruise make the character, Lestat, better or worse?
SJ, how would you respond to your own question that you posted: "Writers write about reality and things that are not so real. When he or she write about reality....is the whole story the truth....and when she or he write about things that's not so real...is it a lie ?"
My comment is that whether I write about something that is or isn't based on a true story or if I'm writing a science fantasy or horror story, regardless of the storyline and plot, there is a truth within the message of the story, and there are truths within the inner and outer struggles of the main characters, their successes and/or failures.