Suspension of Disbelief...
"...I felt that what I wanted that scene to say to the reader was more important than its surface reality or plausibility ." - Richard Wright, transcript of How Bigger Thomas Was Born included in the book, Native Son . When I read the above line in Richard Wright's essay/speech about how he created Bigger Thomas as the main character of Native son , I stopped. I stared. I read it again... Again... Again... Then I read it out loud, once, twice, thrice. There's an element in fiction where what's happening must stand a test of whether or not the reader can suspend their disbelief in order to be included; however, I've come to realize this suspension of disbelief depends on many things including the reader's own life experience, or lack thereof. It's easier to get someone who has no experience in a field to believe something because they don't have the background to question it with authority. But we often do this... We often suspe