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Nov 25 2018

Novel Writers Need To Lie

When we read novels, we feel very interesting to read. It is because the contents are out of our imagination which is actually from the imagination of the writers. Therefore, the writer must have the ability to lie or he cannot write a good novel.
But, to lie is not easy. The writer must have an excellent talent to create something interesting to convince readers to believe and enjoy. It is not an easy job.
In China, there are four big famous books “The romance of the Three Kingdoms” “Dream of the Red Mansions” “The Journey to the West” “Outlaws of the Marsh”. Many Chinese people like to read these four books. Why the books are so attractive because the contents of the books are mostly the personal imagination of the writers without whose imagination the books cannot be so much interesting.
In England, “Shakespeare” plays are most popular and interesting, not only in England but in other countries as well. Why the plays are so attractive, it is because Shakespeare add his personal imagination as part of the story contents.
Therefore, we come to realize that novels are not to represent our realistic life, but a life of untruth from reality. As we live our life in reality, we need to know something of unreality and impossibility.