Got bored one afternoon and looked up the two words-
this is what I did with my afternoon of research.
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What is Fiction and what is Fantasy-Is There a Difference?
If you look up the word fiction in a dictionary,
it will tell you works with imaginary characters.
If you look up the word fantasy in a dictionary,
it says an illusion or a fantastic work of fiction.
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We all know that fiction and fantasy are two words,
but maybe with a fine line drawn between them.
Could it be that they be related in an unusual way?
For at times there is little difference between them.
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The lord of the rings trilogy could be considered fantasy,
a product of a writer’s vivid imagination put onto paper.
The same thing could be said of the Shrek movie trilogy,
we all know that no ogre is going to rescue a princess.
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The left behind series could be considered a fiction,
a product of two writers vivid imaginations at work.
But the two authors based their fiction on a lot of facts,
For there fiction matches facts that are found in the bible.
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The movie Eragon could be an example of fantasy also,
has any of us in the Triond website seen a flying dragon?
Steven King is a very good example of a fictional writer,
for all his characters is nothing but his vivid imagination.
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Fiction and fantasy can get really complicated sometimes,
sometimes working together but also working separately.
I suppose it all depends on the writer writing his masterpiece,
and the message he wants to convey to his potential readers.
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