Bad Dreams (2006)
“Mr Hooper swung round in his chair till we both had our backs to everyone.
‘Is this your idea of being a friend?’ he asked me crossly, flapping my ‘Compare and Contrast’ work under my nose.
‘I told you it was private,’ I said stubbornly. ‘And I put on a giant P.’ ‘Melly, this piece is horrible.’ ‘It’s true,’ I argued.
‘But you can’t write things just because they’re true.’ ‘That’s the whole point of writing,’ I explained. ‘Books say they’re made up, but they’re actually a lot more truthful than... real life.’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘Well, look,’ I said. ‘People feel safer if it’s in a book. You can read about the most terrible people, and hardly think twice about it. But if you hear something even a quarter as bad about someone you know in real life, everyone goes bananas.’ I pointed at my homework. ‘See?’ That shut him up.
‘And,’ I went on, ‘you know what’s going on better in books.’ I pointed over at Imogen. ‘I’d have a whole lot better idea of what was going on in her house, and inside her head, if she were in a book.MoreLess
‘Is this your idea of being a friend?’ he asked me crossly, flapping my ‘Compare and Contrast’ work under my nose.
‘I told you it was private,’ I said stubbornly. ‘And I put on a giant P.’ ‘Melly, this piece is horrible.’ ‘It’s true,’ I argued.
‘But you can’t write things just because they’re true.’ ‘That’s the whole point of writing,’ I explained. ‘Books say they’re made up, but they’re actually a lot more truthful than... real life.’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘Well, look,’ I said. ‘People feel safer if it’s in a book. You can read about the most terrible people, and hardly think twice about it. But if you hear something even a quarter as bad about someone you know in real life, everyone goes bananas.’ I pointed at my homework. ‘See?’ That shut him up.
‘And,’ I went on, ‘you know what’s going on better in books.’ I pointed over at Imogen. ‘I’d have a whole lot better idea of what was going on in her house, and inside her head, if she were in a book.MoreLess
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