I merely meant, is your dad a history or true-crime buff that ends up seeming unimaginative and not very creative, and maybe that's why you're trying to avoid turning out like him? ;0)
I love history, for example, but sometimes I find that I love historical fiction better, because it feeds the reader information in easy-to-swallow and attractive bits and requires me to fact-check on my own, which leads to better lines of inquiry and research. Straight non-fiction history can be dry and boring and often presents too much information without imaginative framing.
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Date: 2012-02-29 06:36 pm (UTC)I love history, for example, but sometimes I find that I love historical fiction better, because it feeds the reader information in easy-to-swallow and attractive bits and requires me to fact-check on my own, which leads to better lines of inquiry and research. Straight non-fiction history can be dry and boring and often presents too much information without imaginative framing.