The case for non-fiction

I know, I know, a lot of people hate writing non-fiction. The fact of the matter is it feels like a school report when we have to sit down and write non-fiction instead of a great story. So why do it?

There are a lot of $$$ involved with non-fiction.

It's sad, but fiction doesn't pay well a lot of the time. Also, in times of recession, non-fiction takes less of a hit from consumers than fiction. People want to read fiction, but they need what the how-to book is saying.

Most people will buy what they need and not what they want.

So maybe we should quit fiction. Yeah right! Truth be told, fiction is the only writing a lot of us enjoy 100%. I personally think of non-fiction as a job, and fiction as the fun part of my job.

I hope to hit the jackpot someday so I won't have to write non-fiction, but till then I'll smile and keep writing about events at schools and churches.



My local newspaper published one of my articles on the front page the other day!