Rann Aridorn wrote:

<snippage>

There's Shampoo's bicycle. I dunno that you'd call it normal since it 
zooms through the air, but I think that has more to do with Shampoo than 
the bike.
 

No, all of the bikes in Japan really do that. (Or a close appoximation. 
It's very scary.)

I suppose in the end the reason for getting the details right is: 
"Falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus."
If you tell a lie, the jury (or reader, in this court) can ignore the 
rest of your case (story) as false.

Tendou Soun likes beer. If you write that it's a Sapporo, or a Kirin, or 
a can of Yabisu, no one
will find fault in your story.  If he cracks open an Old Milwalkee or 
Budwiser, or Miller Lite,
you've blown your credibility.

A corollary to this is theory is that you should provide enough accurate 
(if made up) details to
convince the reader that you (the author) were there to see the action 
you are describing. If you write
"Usagi carried in a plate of food," I wonde if you were really "there", 
or if you were hearing this
second hand. (In which case, please point me to a story written by a 
person who was "there".)

A second corollary is the mirror image: if you tell a "truth" the reader 
will place more faith in the
rest of the story. Truth is easy to find. If it really happened to you, 
it's truth.

J.











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