That was really good. It just goes to show though how the police or someone can start to take an incident out of context and try and turn it into something it's not.
Mar 8, 2023·edited Mar 8, 2023Liked by Matthew Murray
Matthew, this is brilliant -- and annoying: I've been working on a police procedural version of the story myself, but now everyone will think I copied yours!
It's interesting what you said about turning my non-fiction story into a fictional one, because if you think about it, most of my attempts to rewrite the story in a particular style have necessarily involved introducing fictional elements in order to make it work. I think this raises a broader, and perhaps very interesting set of questions:
When does nonfiction cease to be nonfiction? Is it permissible to introduce fictional elements into a nonfiction narrative, and still call it nonfiction?
Thanks for taking my story and reworking it, and thanks for the link to mine.
I really enjoyed how you’ve explored this, Matt! Nice work! 😊
Haha! Love it! Yeah, that would give anyone a headache. A really cool take. Well done.
That was really good. It just goes to show though how the police or someone can start to take an incident out of context and try and turn it into something it's not.
Matthew, this is brilliant -- and annoying: I've been working on a police procedural version of the story myself, but now everyone will think I copied yours!
It's interesting what you said about turning my non-fiction story into a fictional one, because if you think about it, most of my attempts to rewrite the story in a particular style have necessarily involved introducing fictional elements in order to make it work. I think this raises a broader, and perhaps very interesting set of questions:
When does nonfiction cease to be nonfiction? Is it permissible to introduce fictional elements into a nonfiction narrative, and still call it nonfiction?
Thanks for taking my story and reworking it, and thanks for the link to mine.