random musing
Jun. 20th, 2006 11:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eimarraEver notice that someone else's description of their life can seem like pure fiction, based on your own preconceptions? Maybe that's just me.
Last night, I was reading the most recent Writer's Digest. The woman who won their popular fiction contest is described as a mother of 4 who writes between 6:30 and 8:00 in the morning because the kids don't get up until 8. Based on my experience of kids, I just can't believe this. Maybe if they're teens, but even then, I'd expect at least 1 in 4 to be an early riser.
Fiction . . . but it isn't. When did I have to start practicing the willing suspension of disbelief in day-to-day life?
Last night, I was reading the most recent Writer's Digest. The woman who won their popular fiction contest is described as a mother of 4 who writes between 6:30 and 8:00 in the morning because the kids don't get up until 8. Based on my experience of kids, I just can't believe this. Maybe if they're teens, but even then, I'd expect at least 1 in 4 to be an early riser.
Fiction . . . but it isn't. When did I have to start practicing the willing suspension of disbelief in day-to-day life?
