“When it [truth] emerges it often bears out the saying that 'truth is stranger than fiction.' A novelist has to appear plausible, and would hesitate to make use of such astounding contradictions as occur in history through some extraordinary accident or twist of psychology .” UseFictionPsychologyBearsTruth IsExtraordinaryStrangerAccidentsNovelistsContradictionTwistsPlausibleStranger Than Fiction Author:Bill Vaughan
“Sci-fi uses the images that sf - starting with H.G. Wells - made familiar: space travel, aliens, galactic wars and federations, time machines, et cetera, taking them literally, not caring if they are possible or even plausible. It has no interest in or relation to real science or technology. It's fantasy in space suits. Spectacle. Wizards with lasers. Kids with ray guns. I've written both, but I have to say I respect science fiction enough that I wince when people call it sci-fi.” PeopleIfsWellsMadeWarRealEnoughUseKidsInterestSpaceFictionTechnologyFantasyWrittenGunMachinesRelationScience FictionStartingCaringFamiliarSuitsAliensRaysSci FiWizardsSpace TravelPlausibleNot CaringLasersTime MachineFederationWince Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Academic writing you have to get right. Fiction you have to get plausible. And there's a world of difference.” WorldWritingDifferencesFictionAcademicPlausibleAcademic Writing Author:Elliott Colla
“Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.” NeedsSometimesHardTruthFictionTruth IsPlausible Author:Francis Bacon
“With a novel, you have the reader with you a lot longer, and you owe him a lot more. Obviously you have to have a plot - I say "obviously," although I think a lot of fiction doesn't, and nothing seems to happen. But to me, there should be something that happens, and it should be at least vaguely plausible. And because the readers are going to be with these characters for a long time, you have to get to know them and like them and want to know what happens to them.” ThinkingKnowsWantShouldLongCharacterSeemsHappensFictionNovelReaderLong TimePlotPlausible Author:Dave Barry