Nature Attacks! (I Survived True Stories #2) | 
pickI'm not sure my son will like the whole series. He doesn't mind true stories where people die, but gets uncomfortable when people are harmed in fiction. So complicated.
RebL So interesting. My son was the same. 4y
The_Penniless_Author I wonder if it's because fictional characters are often fleshed out to the point where they feel like real people you've known for years, whereas true stories like this often focus solely on the incident that occurred. I've noticed a lot of non-fiction seems to have a built-in assumption that because the characters are real, the author doesn't need to do any work to make them feel real to their readers. 4y
mandarchy @The_Penniless_Author that's a great point. I remember the moment when I found out that people will only read nonfiction. I think my son might be one of them. The formula of building a character probably bores them. They need the spontaneity of truth. @RebL this might be why. I hadn't thought of that. I know I can't stand most TV programs because the formula annoys me. 4y
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The_Penniless_Author @mandarchy I've noticed that the non-fiction authors I come back to again and again do the same kind of character building as fiction authors. Without that, the whole enterprise falls sort of flat. It makes me think of that famous Stalin quote: "One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic." That's how non-fiction with no character building feels to me - a bunch of statistics provoking no emotional reaction. 4y
Kenyazero I filmed a video for my library's Children's division today and one of the books they picked for the video was this one! 4y
mandarchy @Kenyazero kids love these books, but I don't think many people realize that some of them are nonfiction. 4y
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