Making it Real

I was reading (listening) to a book by James Patterson recently. He said something about his writing that really stuck with me. He said on his list of 20 things he must do in writing a book number 18 is, "Be there." He explained that you can't fake anything; a bee sting, a hanging, whatever, research it and make it real.

There are parts of books that I have read that are too far-fetched for me to believe - even made up things can be too far-fetched. One thing J.K. Rowling did was to make it real for us muggles. She made me believe I was being squeezed when Harry was being taken along-side or going through the flue network. I could imagine all of it clearly.

So, my thought was to make those instances in a fantasy book real to us humans.