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Erniemenard thinks cranky_editors would be the perfect place to solicit advice for his unfinished non-fiction work. Cranky editors disagree.

My sincerest apologies for failing to read the user info page. This page is likely something nobody reads, similar to disclaimers.

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Do you really believe that I feel as if I'm in hot water? I feel as I have entered the internet equivalent of a van full of geeks telling me that they are going to do things to me if I do not eliminate my favorite five option.

Flounce? Flounce? I do not flounce.

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	verthandi 2007-07-17 11:01 pm UTC (link)
	The story is non-fiction. What? How can a story be non-fiction? Isn't a story, by definition, fictional? What's he writing? The nail and the hammer go on a date. The nail is a hussy and lets herself get pounded on the very first date? (Reply to this)(Thread)

	altoidsaddict 2007-07-17 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	At least the nail's better than that manwhore the screwdriver. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rachelmap 2007-07-18 12:08 am UTC (link)
	Current events and history. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frequentmouse 2007-07-18 12:11 am UTC (link)
	I dunno, at the Fourth of July family gathering, a bunch of us sat around for an hour or so exchanging mostly non-fictional stories about ways in which trees can almost kill you. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vigilanterodent 2007-07-18 12:18 am UTC (link)
	If it's in some kind of narrative form, I think it counts as a story regardless of whether it's fictional or non-fictional, though I could be mistaken. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frau_eva 2007-07-18 01:46 am UTC (link)
	D'oh! Deleted for spelling. But yeah, creative non-fiction is totally a genre. Think David Sedaris. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eilan 2007-07-18 05:58 am UTC (link)
	Or Richard Dawkins. Or Stephen Hawking. Or every other science author in the world. Seriously, I am wondering how anyone can not have heard of the genre of non-fiction. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	frau_eva 2007-07-18 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	Well, but what she's specifically asking about is a story. Richard Dawkins, as entertaining as he is, isn't writing a story but instead explaining principles. Nonfiction is different from Creative Non-Fiction, which seems to be what the commenter didn't understand. I mean, I can lie about the occasional detail in Creative Non-fiction, but I sure as hell hope Dawkins can't. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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