Make that Transition from Non-fiction to Fiction, can it be done??

I love knowledge. I don't think I'll live without learning anything. Even simple things informs me or makes me learn one thing or another. Obviously, we could learn from anything around us. One of the most prominent learning material is the book. I'm fond of reading stuffs written under Fiction. I don't know but I simply love my imagination going crazy and wild. It's like a stress reliever from things that were going on reality. It's like a 'sweet escape'. On the other hand, I'm pretty much interested about Non-fiction too. I really don't love science but I love digesting much information and learning. It made me seek facts but at the same time still love fiction. Consequently, I became both a reader of Fiction and Non-fiction novels/books. It's an advantage because I'm entertained and at the same time informed in any type of book so learning is easy. Reading is really one of my passions. :)

ok wow, truthfully I have never encountered anyone in your predicament so what I say is only a suggestion. I was an avid reader when I was growing up. Ever since I learned to read at age 3 I've read, and read. All day long if my mom would let me. Mainly fiction, but my mom threw in some non-fiction stuff, like biographies and such. Do you like Reader's Digest? I think it puts true stories in a way that reads like fiction, but yet it's still true. Perhaps you should start with fictional stories that are based on true stories. I can't think of any right off the top of my head but will try to get back to you on that. Also stories that are more realistic will probably help you too. One of my favs is My Side of the Mountain. Because everything he does seems so real. Then as you get used to stories like that, you can ease into the more fantastical realms of the sci-fi. H.G. Wells would probably be good too. The Running Man is a good one I think, because our world has become quite jammed with game shows. Basically the idea I'm trying to convey is to find stories that actually have alot of details that already coincide with the modern world. They will then feel more realistic to you and you may be able to get into them better. Oh 1 more - try the Bachman Books - these are fictional short stories, but the characters all seem very real and down-to-earth.

I say read what you like. I personally love fiction, but I read non fiction if it tells a good story. But, I don't see why having to give up your non fiction is an issue. Why would you need to give up non fiction even if you decided to branch out into fiction? Read what interests you. And, I find there's room and time in this life for a wide range of books, as long as they're the ones you want to read.

Fiction or non-fiction are both different yes but to be able to enjoy a book you have to go with the flow of how the story goes. Fictions are imaginary thoughts of the author brought to life yet very interesting. I love fiction books..It makes me go inside a different dimension when I read fiction. It seems real although it is not. Non-fiction on the other hand gives me the outlook of real events and people. Which teaches more about how people, events,things and places happens, comes and goes. It gives us ideas and knowledge of what others did in their life and we learn from it.I love reading books.They put me in places I have never been and meet people I have never met. It's my second world.:)

I've been filtering fiction out of my life for the last couple of years. Now, the only fiction I've read recently has been for school. I started filtering out fiction after I realized that I have grudges against the philosophical principles espoused in many fiction. It took Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand last year to make me even think of fiction as tolerable.