Why Write Fiction?
The role of make-believe in a tell-all world
4 min readJul 22, 2019
I’ve been a writer of fiction since I first learned how to make words with crayons on construction paper. My first short story was about my cat, Cleo, and a series of improbable adventures she went on.
My fiction writing progressed through all the usual stages — “…and then I woke up” surprise endings; fan fiction before it was even…
