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by randomlygenerated
Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:32 pm
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Re: Would You Rather: A True Story or a Great One?

Definitely a good story. I assume 90% of "real" stories are fake anyway. Adds nothing for me in any case.
by Freesub
Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:57 pm
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Re: Would You Rather: A True Story or a Great One?

Honestly depends entirely on my mood. But in general I really like the honesty of authors telling the readers when they're embellishing certain parts of a real incident to make it better .
by Jonjon2
Tue Jun 03, 2025 4:50 pm
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I prefer a great story and I agree that I think its likely that some of the 'true' stories have a little bit of author's licence to embellish - I am equally happy with that.
by Debbifan
Tue Jun 03, 2025 8:20 pm
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Prefer a good story. Virtually all the stories in this genre require some level of suspension of disbelief. We could always argue why did the character do this and not that and why didn't they say the other?

Having said that, I do prefer stories set in a realistic 'universe'. No magic or elves or ...
by jllash
Tue Jun 03, 2025 9:39 pm
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I prefer real stories, knowing that it actually happened makes it so much more interesting to me.
Fantasy can be fun too, but it just doesn't have the same appeal to me when I know it's all completely made up.
by Executionus
Wed Jun 04, 2025 2:00 pm
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Most true stories fall into one of three categories: A brief awkward flash/malfunction, someone being seen naked who doesn't know it for some reason, or something that'll get a person arrested. That's about it. Due to the nature of the situation true stories are almost-always short and simple.

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by NickTwisp
Wed Jun 04, 2025 9:59 pm
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I prefer stories that have some degree of plausibility.

Stories I've posted are in part based on real events.
by PantsDownFun
Thu Jun 05, 2025 9:02 pm
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I always prefer true stories. Especially when the story teller is able to go into great detail on the emotions they experienced. The embarrassment and humiliation is the main thrill, and for that, nothing beats the real thing.
by RaccoonBatteryStaple
Thu Jun 05, 2025 11:55 pm
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Most true stories fall into one of three categories: A brief awkward flash/malfunction, someone being seen naked who doesn't know it for some reason, or something that'll get a person arrested. That's about it. Due to the nature of the situation true stories are almost-always short and simple.

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by NickTwisp
Fri Jun 06, 2025 12:45 am
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Re: Would You Rather: A True Story or a Great One?

Generally, I mix truth with fiction in what I've posted on this site (except in the 'True Stories' section).

The name of the school nurse in my latest chapter of "Nick's Sports Physical" is a hidden reference.