The document argues that fiction writing is not "unreal" as many people think. While imagination plays a role in fiction, fictional works also reflect reality and prompt readers to think about how the story relates to the real world. Even fantastical tales include real-life elements, and works of fiction employ creative tools just as non-fiction does to enhance the writing. Ultimately, there is no truly "unreal" form of writing because readers not only consume the story but also relate it to their own lives and the world around them.

1. Why Fiction Writing Is Not
‘Unreal’?
By Pallavi Ghosh

2. Just a figment of imagination?
• Even today the notion that fiction writing or literature is
nothing but a figment of one’s imagination is quite rampant
amidst people.
• Of course, imagination forms one aspect of creative or fiction
writing but definitely not all.
• What most of the people fail to understand is the impact of
any piece of writing in relating to our surroundings.
• Any piece of writing makes the reader think about the
relevance or the correlation of subject with the world- be it of
a different time frame- past, present or future.
• This, in my opinion is the neglected ‘R’ as the purpose of
reading is often deemed to be of escaping into a
transcendental world only.

3. Reality reflected
• Even in the most fantastical tale, there will still be elements
drawn from the so called ‘real’ life.
• So, when one reads about the mythical Malgudi, one can
immediately get a glimpse of the Southern India and its
culture.
• Saadat Hasan Manto’s stories on partition present a realistic
picture of the macabre that took place during the riots.
• Moreover, even in the most scientific write ups one has to
construct arguments in a way such that it is convincing.
• Therefore, it is just an arrangement of words and numbers
that enables a understanding and leads to a conclusion.

4. The subjectiveness
• Even in the case of non-fiction writing, creative tools are
employed to enhance the write up.
• It is just that the representation style differs from writer-to-
writer.
• While one may choose to present figures and statistics,
surveys and interviews to present a realistic picture of the
society, the same can be done dramatizing the life one
character- who may resemble or may be based on the
experiences of a living person.
• So we cannot think of an alien but in terms of a distorted
human figure- may be diminutive, with three eyes and with a
queer vocal noise.

5. Nothing is unreal!
• Even in the most factual from of writing, that is the news
reports, one needs to select the most important and relevant
aspect and develop the report on the basis of it.
• It is rather interesting that some of the channels refer to
these reports as stories.
• Not that these are fictional, but a lot of creative energy is put
to edit out the inessentials and present a complete package
that just about conveys what it is meant to convey.
• So, as it turns out to be, there is no ‘unreal’ form of writing
since one does not only read but relates too.

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