Writer's Block

Isn't fiction disguised non-fiction? I usually read non-fiction, but from a writer's point of view, I have been thinking that you could only tell the *real* truth in a fictional work.

As long as your writing is 'fiction', then you can avoid the challenges that are bound to be made about 'your version' of what happened. If you "make it all up", then you can write it anyway you want.

If Joyce Carol Oates did disguise her life in her writing, and kept her personal life very private, then she accomplished quite a feat.

OTOH, if her life was a boring and humdrum as she wants you to believe, then I wouldn't change places with her for anything!