Oh yes, please write to Susan Cooper! You won't want to be stuck wondering why you never did!
I think my core spiritual beliefs rely on the Truth in story, that facts and Truth are different. One of the mnemonic devices that's really common in children's/school library is the old The Difference Between Fiction and Nonfiction, think "Fiction"="Fake" because they both start with F. I HATE that one. I keep trying to avoid it. Even if it's not as catchy, I keep insisting that Fiction is Stories made up by one known author, and Non-Fiction is Everything Else (because there's lots of made-up stuff in non-fiction, too, anyway), because that's more accurate on one hand and doesn't make judgments about either section on the other. I know, it's peculiar of me, but I always just HATED that thing.
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I think my core spiritual beliefs rely on the Truth in story, that facts and Truth are different. One of the mnemonic devices that's really common in children's/school library is the old The Difference Between Fiction and Nonfiction, think "Fiction"="Fake" because they both start with F. I HATE that one. I keep trying to avoid it. Even if it's not as catchy, I keep insisting that Fiction is Stories made up by one known author, and Non-Fiction is Everything Else (because there's lots of made-up stuff in non-fiction, too, anyway), because that's more accurate on one hand and doesn't make judgments about either section on the other. I know, it's peculiar of me, but I always just HATED that thing.