The purpose of this post is to give you permission to write what you know to be true without getting bogged down with tedious details of exactly how you know what you know. Instead, use creative fabrication to get the point across. (This is not about lying!)
When I wrote my book Becoming Conscious, I wanted to share the metaphysical “truths” I’d discovered in my exploration of the reality that exists outside the range of ordinary reality (that which is perceivable by my five senses).
My first teacher, Judy Reis, was a major influence in my awakening. Other sources offered principles and viewpoints that added to my understanding, to the point it all blurred together into one teaching. To share the profound impact these philosophies had on me, when writing my book, I wove them into fabricated dialog with Judy.
EXAMPLE:
To put it in context, I had met Judy a few weeks before and was fascinated by her belief in the spiritual realm. She wanted me to take a metaphysical class she was going to take, but when I inquired about it, I was told a prerequisite was the ability to channel my spirit guide.
Relieved I didn’t qualify because the whole thing seemed so hokey to begin with, I could gracefully get out of it by saying I didn’t channel. To which Judy enthusiastically responded “no problem, I’ll open you to channel.”
When I arrived at her house on the appointed day she asked how I felt about learning to channel my spirit guide. When I expressed doubt about being able to do it, the dialog I attributed to her explanation of what to expect is actually based on the explanation found in the brochure she had given me from her teachers who taught her to channel.
I didn’t remember exactly what she said, but I knew it would have been along the lines of what was in the brochure, so I based the dialog on that.
This is what I mean by fabrication to convey a truth. (If you are curious to know how channeling was explained to me, I’ve included that passage from my book at the end of this post.)
It was my teacher, Bill Manville, who first introduced the idea that as a writer it would be necessary to “make things up” in order to tell the truth.
If the fabrications are more along the lines of making things up to create more drama rather than convey a truth, a statement like “based on a true story,” let’s the reader know fabrication is included.
BOTTOM LINE: To get a truth across in a way that keeps your readers attention, creative fabrication that conveys the essential truth is an efficient vehicle.
“. . . anybody can channel. In fact, any time you have had an inspiration or given wise counsel to a friend, you were probably channeling. We are bombarded by thoughts from the higher realms all the time. Channeling is learning to access this wisdom consciously. All we are doing today is making that conscious connection to your guide. Once you have experienced the channeling state, it is easy to remember it, and return to it. Then it will be up to you to practice to get comfortable with it.” pg 11. Becoming Conscious: One Woman’s Story of Spiritual Awakening.
What do you think? Leave a comment and let me know. If you have a short paragraph you’d like feedback on, leave that in the comments, too. Or send me an email. In any case, keep on writing!
Jennifer the Editor
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