I suspect that one of the reasons we create fiction is to make sex exciting.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Vidal suggests fiction serves a biological or psychological purpose by enhancing the allure of sexuality through narrative.
- In plain terms
- We write stories to make sex more interesting.
- What can you take from it?
- Storytelling amplifies human desires like sex.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we tell stories?
- How does narrative affect desire?
Another view
This reduces the complex purpose of fiction to a single biological drive.
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