Quote Originally Posted by ElectricBadger View Post
Hmm...I have to disagree, I think there's a lot of imagination required to percieve and understand and interpret real life. A simple relation of facts is dull:
1. Went to school.
2. Kids made fun of me.
3. Kid defended me.
4. I was in love.
Not too exciting. But weaving a tale of a first day in class when nothing seemed to go right, everyone told jokes about me and everything was horrible, and I just wanted to hide under my desk and cry until the other new student, a girl I never would have looked at twice, gave up every chance at fitting in and being cool to stand up for me that day and be my friend...well, that's a story. It has meaning and form, and those are not present in any part of factual life.
The simple recitation of facts is boring, but filling in the details does not take imagination. If the event happened, and you can record it faithfully, does not take imagination, it takes passion.

I have read authors who wrote non fiction, and brought history to life for me, but utterly failed at writng fiction because they had no imagination.