Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Jul 25 2005
Wagging The Dog
Court TV maintains on their web site a column called "Stupid Crimes & Misdemeanors". I had to laugh when I read the story about the fellow from Florida who concocted a wild story of robbery and abduction in an attempt to cover his tracks after an expensive night at a Louisiana strip club. He apparently began the whole deception by telling his girlfriend he was going out to buy dog food and the night went downhill from there.
Of course, any fiction writer could have told the alcohol-infused chap that good storytelling isn't just stringing lies together. Fact-checking is just as important in fiction as it is in true-to-life stories.
posted at: 09:41 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Court TV maintains on their web site a column called "Stupid Crimes & Misdemeanors". I had to laugh when I read the story about the fellow from Florida who concocted a wild story of robbery and abduction in an attempt to cover his tracks after an expensive night at a Louisiana strip club. He apparently began the whole deception by telling his girlfriend he was going out to buy dog food and the night went downhill from there.
Of course, any fiction writer could have told the alcohol-infused chap that good storytelling isn't just stringing lies together. Fact-checking is just as important in fiction as it is in true-to-life stories.
posted at: 09:41 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
