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Sometimes, "this is a true story" is part of the fiction. Once in a while a really well-written story can feel so real that you begin to wonder if it might just be based on a true story. Occasionally, this is actually the case — or at least supposedly so — but there are times when an author (etc.) will go out of their way to create greater immersion in their work by claiming that their very obviously fictional and fantastic world is in some way real. Usually they claim that they didn't come up with the story; rather, it was 'recounted' to them by the actual main characters (or some other witness), often physically, but sometimes by phone or magic. Another common method is to claim that a book was written as a testimony (or confession) to actual events. In this version the author pretends they are simply publishing something that someone else has written. They may claim that they merely found the account in the form of a diary or a set of notebooks and novelised it.note (An extreme example is The Guild of Specialists trilogy, which is presented as diaries that include not only a plethora of fabricated sketches, pull-out maps and intricate diagrams, but photos and objects.) Or, if it is a film, that it comprises found footage or a mixture of found footage and Dramatisation. Other methods include accounts by secondary characters and so on. This trope, a staple of children's books and fantastic tales, often features an Author Avatar or even instances of From Beyond the Fourth Wall or other strangeness, and may be said to be translated from accounts of what 'happened' or works 'written' by the characters though never actually communicated in person. In all these cases, however, it is considered canon that the author is repeating a story that is in fact true, if only to a certain degree. One of the people the story is about may, even, be the author themself. Compare …And That Little Girl Was Me, and Based on a Great Big Lie. Absolutely not to be confused with Literary Agent Hypothesis (key word: hypothesis), where fans may imagine the story could be actually real, or like to contend that it is, but don't have any support from canon or Word of God. Also not to be confused with A True Story in My Universe, for In-Universe examples. Often ties in with Author Avatar and may involve an admitted Unreliable Narrator. Note: This trope only applies to canon and Word of God examples in fictional works. In-Universe examples go in A True Story in My Universe. Pure Fanon examples go in Literary Agent Hypothesis. Examples: |
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