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| Pseudo-Reality Part 2 Looking recently at the “True Story” genres ("20250307 The "True"Story"  ) reminded me of a question I received from my pseudo-reality post ("20250221 Pseudo-reality" ) – can you write a fake autobiography of a fake person?The simple answer is, “Yes!” Hulk Hogan and Frank Dux have been making a living from that for years! Okay, that’s not what you mean. What you mean tis that the subject is also fictional. But, again, yes. A simple example is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter . It takes his whole life from childhood to old age and his adventures killing vampires. However, that might be a bit simplistic. After all, at its core, that book is a horror novel. Maybe King’s Dolores Claiborne could fall under this regard, as there is no real antagonist – all the bad guys die before the ending. No chapters, it is one long “interview” with a cop. An autobiography is a little more personal about the subject. It might be a way of showcasing the changes in the world over the course of time, it might be a way of showing how a person might come to understand their own sexuality, it might be the story of someone discovering a secret about their family. But that sounds like a simple first person narrated story, doesn’t it? Well, yes, but with some definite differences: * there s not an over-arching narrative structure * there is no real antagonist * there is a lot more personal stuff * there is a bit more tell than show * it can become almost a character study, not a narrative That takes it away from a “story”, per se, and more in line with the life aspect of an actual autobiography. Finally, could this be written as a biography as well? Yes, but then it simply follows the way a pseudo-reality fiction books is written. By going the first person PoV autobiography route, you change the whole way the story is written and move away from traditional story-telling. Still, something else worth thinking about when looking at different ways of presenting what you want to write. |
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