Ask the Author: Dennis Coates
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Dennis Coates
Overheard comments, or questions (radio, t.v. or travelling) can spark verbal flow.
e,g,
?. Why was Into Happy Havens written as a novel?
Answer. The narrator in a work of fiction is granted an opportunity to express his/her views vividly, with many personal (empiric) opinions about issues which will be rejected in fact based reports.
The editing process for reports or research findings does not allow such flexibility, nor does it permit or encourage the writer to make any statement which could be regarded as politically incorrect, beyond the ability of the authors to deliver, contrary to any legal or corporate laws, or outside of the terms of reference that set parameters on the research/enquiry before commencement.
As an example of a ‘reality v perception’ approach, no report/research could include the statement …………
“ A Welsh windbag who drones on for ages and ages, grazing happily on the southern slopes of the Orals”
…..as a viable expression of the shared views that exist between Senior & Junior managers in the same organisation.
The freedom granted to the narrator in a reality based novel enables him/her to make pertinent asides and use humour or romance to illustrate valid and memorable lines which re-enforce the novel to lasting effect.
Dennis Coates 2015
e,g,
?. Why was Into Happy Havens written as a novel?
Answer. The narrator in a work of fiction is granted an opportunity to express his/her views vividly, with many personal (empiric) opinions about issues which will be rejected in fact based reports.
The editing process for reports or research findings does not allow such flexibility, nor does it permit or encourage the writer to make any statement which could be regarded as politically incorrect, beyond the ability of the authors to deliver, contrary to any legal or corporate laws, or outside of the terms of reference that set parameters on the research/enquiry before commencement.
As an example of a ‘reality v perception’ approach, no report/research could include the statement …………
“ A Welsh windbag who drones on for ages and ages, grazing happily on the southern slopes of the Orals”
…..as a viable expression of the shared views that exist between Senior & Junior managers in the same organisation.
The freedom granted to the narrator in a reality based novel enables him/her to make pertinent asides and use humour or romance to illustrate valid and memorable lines which re-enforce the novel to lasting effect.
Dennis Coates 2015
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