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AUTHENTIC WRITING?

Blog City Prompt: What does authenticity mean to you? How can a person be authentic as a writer or in any other role?

Authenticity must have the essence if truth, of reality as we know it. If the content goes into speculative fiction, then the voice of the writer must still have the qualities of a believable character, situation or event.

Authenticity could be related to a cultural idea about locations, speech, clothing, traditions. These concepts often require much research and study. In some instances, world creation requires detailing all the elements described to seem real and authentic to the world created.

We've all seen movies that don't quite ring true. A character can use words that are not part of the period. Or a sign or light pole appears that does not exist in that time. Little details that can challenge the authenticity of a project. It's the same when writing a scene. It gets more complicated when dealing with vehicles, weapons, odd traditional behaviors, animals, climate. So many details can throw a story out of balance with belief and justification.

Anything, no mater how fantastic, can be described and explained...and then if the characters and story follow and stay within the rules of that creation...the authenticity of the writing is correct.

This is the wonderful act of creation as a writer. There is no limit to your imagination. Go for it!

Write on...>>>iggy

Left over from yesterday. Never got it posted.

Prompt: What do you think is the best way to have a necessary but extremely uncomfortable conversation with someone? How could a character in a story handle this?

This is like a prompt for a short story, or even a major chapter in a novel. It might be a planned intervention between family members and a parent who is abusing alcohol or prescription drugs. Nothing criminal, just severe addiction. Or a thousand different situations that become uncomfortable to solve.

Every situation is unique and different. Each person involved has a personal history of all other relationships. The interweaving of these emotional ties adds complications and texture. The dialogue of denial and high emotion make a story dramatic and infinitenly readable.

Again write with a sense of truth.

>>>iggy

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