#WritersWisdom -Rule 87- Maintain The Trance Of Verisimilitude

Writer’s Wisdom -Rule #87- Maintain The Trance Of Verisimilitude. “A way to remember the definition of verisimilitude is to think of art as ‘very similar’ to real life. All writers follow the strategy. They depict some kind of authentically appointed world and hope their creation brings us into it as participants. When this happens we suspend disbelief and enter a trance that makes us part of the story, unnoticed eavesdroppers. But the trance is delicate, like being under hypnosis, and the slightest interruption will cause it to shatter.”

Taken from The Writer’s Book of Wisdom - 101 Rules for Mastering Your Craft, by Steven Taylor Goldsberry, (http://www.amazon.com/The-Writers-Boo...)