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The writer’s, whose fictional tales, have roots in the, facts, that’s what made the work, so good, that we can’t, put them, down, because there are, hints of, the truths in the tales that the writers are, telling…translated…
Wherever there are people, there are, secrets, and, there’s always, that someone who knew too much, behind the secrets. The married boss has another woman, and, other than the secretary, maybe his, chauffeur knew too; there are always the amounts on the ledgers of the company that didn’t match up, and, those who messed with the books, are usually, the boss’s trusted members of the company, or out, like the members of the, families. Someone ordinary, may know about someone else’s secret, unintentionally, and, the minor, can cause the storms of other’s, lives, and the majors, can be related to the scandals of the countries’ leaders, and of course, these secrets can sometimes, get the individuals who knew them into, big, trouble.
In some of the occupations, there would be, massive number of secrets being kept, like the attorneys, the press reporters, the intelligence agents, along with, the church officials too. The attorneys, after accepting the major criminal cases, learning too much about the client’s, would be in that tug-of-war of the conflicts of interests; the reporters, having more details from the inside, anything from the secret children that the famous had, to getting deep into the warzones, to uncover the, truths; as for the intelligence agents, from planning to overthrow, they’d needed the secrets, like the nuclear weapon information during the Cold War. The priests, seemed to not have anything that’s worldly, bothering them, but in the T.V. series, we see them, in that confession quarter, through that tiny window, hearing the shocking secrets that someone’s telling, then, they would be caught between the ethics of religion, and the, laws, do they, expose, should they, stop act act……………
The most beneficial thing about being an editor-in-chief is that we’re, in this, harmless line of work, and yet, we encounter an assortment of, interesting, people, sharing their, secrets with them. The doubts of the notable forensic investigators in their, renowned cases, some of these details, still couldn’t get made public to this, very day; the bar ladies who’d, cleaned her hands of the work, running an, illegal, brothel, under the cover of their, bars; the retired senior intelligence agent, talking about the cases; the mob leader who’d been, imprisoned for decades, patted his Samoyed, telling his glorious, past, what he wanted to share with his followers, was his newfound love of, art, what he’d, picked up in his time in, prison.
Reason why they’re all able to, speak on things so casually and so openly is because, everything they talked of was in the, past. They are no longer with their former agencies, former, organizations now. And all who may have been hurt by them, or gotten involved, all are, anonymous, or, dead already. The disclosures of one’s own secrets, bring about that needed released, or maybe, this serves as a good way, to sort through, one’s own, life. When an editor is given this sort of a content, other than considering the sales of the books, they also need to consider the boundaries of the law, and balancing it with the moral aspects of things: will the contents cause the author to get sued? Which detail we need to check again, which segments we need to, cover, up. Could the authors have, “spiced up” the stories some, to show that they’re, important players in the stories they’re, telling? More importantly, are the contents for the purpose of the moment’s disclosure, or, do they, have a depth of meaning to be, conveyed to the, readers?

the definition of “factitious”…image from online
I thought of the German bestseller I’d read last year, “Crime”. The author, Ferdinand von Schirach is a criminal attorney, the summary of the book told, that the eleven stories were real cases. I thought that I would read about the murders that shocked the society, but the first story was on how an ordinary person like you and I, through the times, grew into, a murderer. He’d written so perfectly on the relations of crime and malice, like how he was, with the personal, experiences of the details himself. The summary of the book told, that the author, due to his line of work, was troubled by human nature, left his law practice, and began writing. I don’t know if he was, a good lawyer, but after I’d read his work, it’d felt like, he was an author whose career in writing was delayed by the legal realm.
This trouble also bothered Le Carre, the most excellent spy novelist of our, times. Because he’d worked in intelligence before he became an author, before he published “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold”, he’d had the experiences of working in intelligence, and had the intelligence office he worked in, review over the books he was about to publish before he’d published them. After long and thorough evaluation, the British Intelligence thought, that the book wasn’t from his experience as an agent, that it was, purely, fictional. But, the novels described the international relations of post-Cold War Era too precisely to the reality. Which was why the media press all believed, that there are, the factual basis of his characters and, events. With the passing of time, the book started, selling hard, and Le Carre was identified as a British spy who’d exposed the intel of the secret services, using his novels to expose everything that’s been, covered up during the Cold War.
LeCarre was very upset about how he was, noted as a former spy turned writer, instead of a writer who is excellent in writing stories about, spies, he’d worked really hard to clear his, name. But I’d felt, that if he really was, a spy, then, the British Intelligence Agents are, all, excellent, writers.
This is on the stories we come up with, is closely related to the real events of our lives, and, because the stories are reflective of the truths of the world around, that’s why, the readers may be, mistaken into believing, that the works of FICTION that the writers are sending to print are, truths, and that, is the best the writer can go, making the readers believe, that their works of fiction are, true.