Tell Me A Story

“The sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives, from the small accounts of our day’s events to the vast incommunicable constructs of psychopaths.” –Reynolds Price

Not long after publication of the highly regarded In Patagonia, writer Bruce Chatwin was strongly criticized for fictionalized anecdotes of real people, places and events.

Nicholas Shakespeare, Chatwin’s biographer, later responded to critics by saying: “He tells not a half-truth, but a truth and a half.”

Not a bad sentiment.

Forgive us if we misplace a detail or streamline events for the sake of narrative. It’s the truth and a half we’re after.