Writing Non-fiction
All of us are authors, and all of us have a book already written
within us that needs to come out.
I believe that fiction is the easiest to write because none of
what you write can, or needs to be verified and you are only
limited by your imagination. On the other hand nonfiction
requires verification of facts and the book usually has
references to the material that you have used. These facts can
come from the documentation of others or your own. But the
material is usually taken as truth or fact and supported by the
documents you have used.
Then there is the Grey area that I write about... Philosophy!
Philosophy always appears as truth and it is always
controversial because in truth, truth is an illusion. My truth
is not yours, and yours is not someone else's. Philosophy can
always be argued from one's point of view and it is nonfiction
from that observation. From the position of the other it may be
fantasy or imagination.
In truth, philosophically speaking, fiction and nonfiction are
the same, as both come from the imagination and are subject to
one's interpretation and the ability to manifest one's thoughts
into physical symbols that are observable by others.
The wonderful thing about fiction is that the events become
probabilities in physical form at some level of consciousness
and are nonfiction. If I think of a lying under a palm tree on a
white sandy beach on a tropical ocean one early sunny morning,
that thought becomes your thought and the probability exists
that either one of us can experience it. It becomes a
probability and only then needs to be experienced. All thoughts
are the beginnings of any probability whether it is a sandy
beach or Aliens attacking the earth.
The distinction between fiction and nonfiction is determined by
our ability to allow our imaginations to accept them.
The Bible and other Holy texts are considered to be nonfiction,
and yet they are the texts that are the least likely to be
verified. The pages in these texts where written by many
different authors, sometimes hundreds of years after the facts,
if they did in fact occur, and the stories were selected for
inclusion by people and organizations with an agenda. Many of
the stories in the Bible were created to demonstrate aspects of
morality and social behavior. Many stories have been left out
deliberately.
We generally accept these books as historical facts because we
were told to, even though critical thinking and reason suggests
otherwise. Facts, truth and imagination have been blended into
foggy images that transcend humanities ability to distinguish
the difference, fueled by fear and ignorance. What is fiction,
what is not?
We look to an imaginary future and go back into the past to
create it. Or we go back into the past to create a future book.
The book the waits within you, is the future waiting to be
created, it is already present in the moment and although it is
nonfiction, it will be judged by others in the future as either.
Humanity has agreed at some level of consciousness to accept
things as truth, or "nonfiction," if it is within the realm of
possibility or if there is a strong human desire, want or need
to believe it.
We as a people had a strong desire to fly to the moon and have
done it, (maybe). We as a people have strong desires to create
new technology and we do it, and we believe in technology
because we can see it working. These areas are not that Grey,
because we want to believe. Predictions that we have made
hundreds or thousands of years ago are now observable in our
experience and easy to accept. Most believe that technology can
achieve anything, from creating a sailing ship that moves past
the abyss waiting at the edge of the earth, to the space ship
that flies through it.
It is the same imagination that creates physical objects or
technology, which creates philosophy about who and what we are.
There is a strong desire within humanity, or need to believe
and accept that there is more to us than what we can see, taste,
smell, feel or hear. We have moved away from our ability to
experience the soul and the mind as other parts of ourselves. We
consider these aspects of self as fictional or beyond reach and
best left to the imagination of philosophers, priests and other
self appointed experts. Most of us experience these aspects only
when we read about them or attend presentations or Sunday
services, as they are brought to our attention.
As one moves away from the philosophy of others and accepts
their own truth as real and valid, then we are better able to
accept all experiences, philosophies, and truths as truth. All
probabilities and possibilities are valid and experienced at
some level of consciousness. All fiction is nonfiction in the
greater truth, and they are simply human or physical conventions.
I write my Nonfiction, Fictional articles early Sunday morning
before I go for breakfast. In the course of the two hours that
it takes me to write a 1600 word article like this, I have my
shower, get dressed, wash the dishes, take out the garbage and
several other chores.
I do not give any thought to what I write about, and it just
flows out of me naturally. When I sit down to the keyboard and
monitor, my mind is blank and the harder I try to write
something, the less the results. Most often I do not know what I
am going to write about before I start. I close my eyes for a
few moments and try not to think about anything.
I accepted long ago that what I have to say or write about is
valid, it has purpose and meaning. No matter how far fetched the
words or thought, I try not to interfere and just let it come
out. The fear of being crazy, stupid or uninformed left me long
ago once I allowed the words to come out. This article is
philosophical (nonfiction) but it comes from a fictional thought
process that I used to think was mine, it is not!
I encourage all those that come to me for guidance to just sit
down and let it all out, no matter how outrageous, how
unintelligent or gifted it may seem. No one has to read it, it
doesn't have to be published, and you can tear it up when you
are finished. By sitting down and starting to write, you will
develop a process that works for you, you will be totally amazed
at what you have locked inside. When I do read some of my stuff,
I wonder, "Wow," was that me, that's not bad! Did I write that?
If you have visited my web site at klienwachter.com and read my
articles you will remember that I have said many times I write
for myself first and that is my truth. I do not have a need for
others to read my words. I have however come to terms with my
ego that wishes to be recognized as an author. I speak from the
spiritual part of myself that is not physical and I agreed with
my ego to allow it the freedom to publish and print these
articles. We have made peace and the ego understands that
recognition my not come and that it is a probability that may or
may not be experienced. On this we agree.
Spirit makes itself known or physically experienced through the
words that are recorded for the benefit of the ego.
You have something to say, and your thoughts need to be
expressed in the physical world and it is done in an infinite
number of ways. Writing is just one way. But do not back down
because you believe your writing is not valid or important. Also
realize that it may not be accepted by others and know that it
doesn't really matter.
Write for yourself first and set your imagination free.
Nonfiction is fiction finding expression and recognition in the
physical world. It has no meaning except for the meaning given
it by those who read the words.