Comment by Manuel_D
5 years ago
The presentation of the story is actually pretty subtle about it's fictional nature. Nowhere in body of the story does it say it's a work of fiction. Readers the miss the small "fiction" label in the header [1] could easily make the mistake of thinking it's a real story. And as per OP many did make this mistake.
I'm quite inclined to think that the movie that Cat Person is made into would display "based on a true story" rather than the South Park fiction disclaimer. Why? Revenue.
I’m not sure why you’re being downvoted. It’s true, new writers get a big leg up breaking with “based on a true story.”
That and MCU screenplays.
>Nowhere in body of the story does it say it's a work of fiction.
This is a bizarre demand to make of a work of fiction. How many fictional stories mention they are fiction in the body of the work?
"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired", Nick thought, fictionally.