A Note on Fiction vs. Non-fiction

Dear readers, both of you,

A certain amount of hyperbole can be good for enjoyable non-fiction. Up to this point, everything written here has been more or less true. The only possible departures have been hyperbolic in nature. That however, will end. I have been posting not just to please my tiny readership, but also to better my writing skills.

For the past six weeks I have been working on a novel. In order to improve my fiction writing I will need practice outside of a main project. Of course they say write what you know, so you can expect everything here to have at least some autobiographical element.

As for what I write about music, it won’t be fiction. Everything about Korea you can expect to be true in spirit. That is, I won’t make up traditions, culture, places, or their character. Though I may not capture the specific people exactly I will try to capture the place and time.

I also do this to free myself from preserving reputations. I can say what I want, and nobody will know who it is about. It might not be about anyone. My friends and acquaintances will be shielded, and you get to read more interesting stories. For close friends back home, just ask and you shall receive the truth. Hell, I’ve probably told you already.

I will mark some things as Fiction, others as Non-fiction. Most things will be marked as both. Incidentally I’ve been writing music over here as well, so you can expect that to be posted once I’ve recorded it to my satisfaction. Perhaps I’ll split this into multiple pages, one for fiction, one for non-fiction, and one for music. Time will tell. In any case, I hope this doesn’t turn either of you off to the writing. I think the end result will be more entertaining.

Cheers,
AO IV