From Aeon Ideas:
Before anthropology, there were stories. Before science could explain things like volcanoes or thunder we had the mythic Vulcan. Stories create a moral order. They belie origins, they give us belief systems and they can transport us to places we’ve never been before or give us an experience we hope to never have.

For the full story, please visit http://ideas.aeon.co/viewpoints/roxanne-varzi-on-what-makes-a-piece-of-writing-fictional-or-nonfictional.

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