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Q&A How to tell readers that I know my story is factually incorrect?

Sometimes, it so happens that I do some research for a story and find that a major plot point could never work in real life. At this stage, I can either continue with my impossible (for a non-fanta...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by tryin‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:29:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/46732
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar tryin‭ · 2019-12-08T12:29:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
Sometimes, it so happens that I do some research for a story and find that a major plot point could never work in real life. At this stage, I can either continue with my impossible (for a non-fantasy, non-scifi setting) idea, or scrap it completely.

This happened to me earlier while I was writing fan fiction - given the informal nature of it, I simply let my character survive a wound that he shouldn't have survived, and then left a note at the bottom about what would have really happened.

**How can I do this in a more formal setting, like a short story or a novel?** Assume that I can't incorporate the research without reworking a lot of my story.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-07-19T06:26:07Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 28