Why Does Anyone Believe Anything We Say?

In today’s Journal * Why Does Anyone Believe Anything We Say? * Of Interest Why Does Anyone Believe Anything We Say? A fiction writer, by definition, is a liar for hire. Why does anyone believe anything we say? Lawrence Block (IMHO, with Stephen King the other Stage 5 writer working today) even came completely clean. He wrote a nonfiction book titled Telling Lies for Fun and Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers. (The paper edition is actually less expensive than the Kindle edition at the moment.) I understand there’s an unwritten agreement, that it’s all right, even preferable, to lie … Read more