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medium.com > @myeshaazzahra90 > the-distance-between-fiction-and-reality-4dc0539cd415

The Distance Between Fiction and Reality

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (319+ words) Earlier I was watching Doraemon. There was a story about a safari park filled with fantasy animals. Then there was a line that was actually very simple …...


medium.com > @jsdunlop > readers-build-careers-writers-dont-87f2147bed1e

Readers Build Careers. Writers Don’t

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (43+ words) Writers write the book. But that's where control ends. Readers decide how to respond. You can keep writing, getting better and publishing. But readers build the bridge from one book to the next. They remember you. They come back. They…...


medium.com > @moonj9670 > when-fiction-becomes-reality-0d8360dfff96

When Fiction Becomes Reality

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (36+ words) When my cousin was 18 years old, she was a beautiful, smart, and graceful girl. She had shiny hair, a fair complexion, and a slim figure. Her mother pampered her, and her …...


medium.com > @kuriyamamiyuki4 > why-i-keep-looking-for-myself-in-fiction-2965179ea21b

Why I Keep Looking for Myself in Fiction

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1453+ words) I have always found it a little strange that I can feel like I know people who have never existed. Not just know them, either. Sometimes I feel like I miss them. That is the part I have never really…...