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A question I was asked at an interview for a college writing program which is to take place over the summer:

What would you say if someone told you that fiction writing was unimportant?

Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject:

I'd agree, but I'd remind the person that a lot of it's entertaining to read.
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Mavhunter · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:21 pm Post subject:

Is a punch in the face acceptable? But... it's entirely important. The exercise of our minds into a literary fantasy is a gift!
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THE Moosed · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject:

Well, I think they were looking for something more along the lines of why it's important. But whatever.

Sharp · Gender: Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 5942 Status: User

I would ask them their thoughts on the importance of entertainment and sanity. Upon art. Jusging by that statement I would be led to believe that that person is a workaholic who believes in an efficent life style. Any aprticular work is unimportant, but fiction writing is essensial.

Mavhunter · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject:

It allows us to view the real world from an entirely different perspective, spreading wisdom, satire, and more through clever stories!
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Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject:

it isn't important... you don't have to read fiction at all if you don't want to. It's just a fun thing to do.
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A bite to the leg, it's time to play
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"The Chicken of Lust"

the bunk · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:29 pm Post subject:

fiction is a medium of reading, one more accessabile to the masses, which increases literary skills and general growth in the arts.

it inspires creativity and helps our culture as a whole.

originality and imagination would be stunted without fiction as well, creating little room outside of the monotiny of everyday life, and no vision for an ideal world.
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the bunk · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:30 pm Post subject:

Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject:

the Vulcans get along fine without fiction.
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Come into my den let me hear you cluck
You can be my hen and we can f(Bu-GAWK)
A bite to the leg, it's time to play
Baby, let me be your egg that needs to get laid.
- CEO Nwabudike Morgan
"The Chicken of Lust"

Homepie · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:55 pm Post subject:

Also, if shampoo comes in all colors why does it always lather white?
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the bunk · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:05 am Post subject:

Its_The_Sneak!!! · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:11 am Post subject:

you ruined the irony. Sad

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Come into my den let me hear you cluck
You can be my hen and we can f(Bu-GAWK)
A bite to the leg, it's time to play
Baby, let me be your egg that needs to get laid.
- CEO Nwabudike Morgan
"The Chicken of Lust"

Needle Dog · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:46 am Post subject:

So if it isn't informative it isn't important? Are you saying that we can't learn anything from fiction? Without fiction we would have no William Shakespeare, with him we would loose many words from the English language.
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the bunk · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:46 am Post subject:

sorry, ive never seen an episode of star trek
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