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Quothe not the Raven...; Caer Ddraig Mor
Topic Started: Nov 25 2008, 12:59 PM (125 Views)
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"For there are only two worlds...your world, which is the real world, and other worlds, the fantasy. Worlds like this are worlds of the human imagination: their reality, or lack of reality, is not important.
What is important is that they are there. These worlds provide an alternative, provide an escape. Provide a threat. Provide a dream, and power, provide refuge and pain. They give your world meaning. They do not exist; and thus they are all that matters."


~Neil Gaiman, Books of Magic~

It isn't in the mirror, it isn't on the page
It's a red hearted vibration
Pushing through the walls of dark imagination
Finding no equation
There's a red road rage,
But it's not road rage
It's asylum seekers engulfed by a grudge

Scottish friction, Scottish fiction

It isn't in the castle, it isn't in the mist
It's a calling of the waters as they break to show
The new black death with reactors aglow
Do you think your security can keep you in purity?
You will not shake us off
Above or below

~Idlewild, In Remote Part/Scottish Fiction~

The general definition of Fiction in most dictionaries are as follows:

1. An imaginative creation or a pretense that does not represent actuality that has been invented.

2. The act of inventing such a creation or pretense.

3. A lie

4. A literary work whose content is produced by the imagination and is not necessarily based on fact,

and lastly

5. A catagory of literature composed of works in this genre, including novels and short stories.

All of these definitions are true, and yet lacking something intrinsic to the art of writing fiction. Fiction comes from the latin "Fictio" which means the actions of shaping.

In a sense, it means imaginative literature.

But these things are sterile.

It does not speak of the love an author developes for their work. And writing, is the second closest thing in the world, to creating and giving birth to a child. Your story is your child, whether it is a short story or a novel or even a poem.

It begins with an idea, a single thought, and grows slowly to encompass many aspects, just as a child is first concieved and then grows in the safety of the womb. Once the seed has begun, it takes on a life of its own, much like a child is born and becomes a little person. There are thoughts you put in, your views of the world, of life that reflects what you believe is, should be or has been. Such is the way children grow to be adults. At times you may hate your story, or you have a bout of writer's block or you wish you could just walk away. Any one with a teenager will be full of sympathy.

Finally, the story ends and that can be directly related to your child having become an adult under your care and eventually moves away from home.

Like a child, you give your story to the world, but you still worry, you still fear, you still hope.

The intention of this section of the messageboards of Caer Ddraig Mor` is to share works of fiction with friends, and just maybe, find other 'parents' who understand what its like to leave the door open.

~Cheers,

Dian (aka M. Tietjens)

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