Art is "the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions". That being said, storytelling is unquestionably an art which can take a lifetime to master. The use of metafiction is a vital aspect in becoming a true legend in such an appraised art, otherwise the story would be completely lame. My suggestion? Butter it up. Put your ethics aside, and stretch the truth to the extreme. You only get one shot to tell the story, and as O'Brien states in his acclaimed President's Lecture, "Writing never gets easier, it gets harder. You can't repeat yourself. Unlike, say, a professional surgeon, you cannot perform precisely the same operation with the same protocol in case after case, and even for a surgeon, this would be risky, if one's first patient happened to end up in a mortuary". Honestly, he took the words right out of my mouth.
Stories can be boring if told incorrectly. Nobody wants to listen to, or read, something monotone and melancholy. They want excitement. They want drama. Something you would see in a movie, in laymen's terms. Forrest Gump was an excellent example of stretching the truth. When Forrest Gump goes to see President Kennedy, he remembers saying "I gotta pee". Absurd, but entertaining. Reasons like these (as well as Tom Hank's magnificent performance;) ) are why Forest Gump is still to this day a popular movie.
So stop reading this! Write a story. Tell a story. :)
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