CNN's John Sutter talks about the difficult task of telling a story that gets you closer to the truth. He says in this case, "the truth was elusive and that each one of them is slightly manipulating the story" The author also discusses how he tries to understand his characters on some level but doesn't attain perfection.
David Grann is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His new book is The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder.
“I became very haunted by the stories that [nations] don't tell. Nations and empires preserve their powers not only by the stories they tell, but also by the stories they leave out. … Early in my career, if I came across the silences in a story, I might not have highlighted them, because I thought, Well, there's nothing to tell there. And now I try to let the silences speak.”
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