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True life television stories are heavily embellished

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Reality is incredibly mundane, which makes it terrible for episodic storytelling. Writers frequently inject fake arguments, invent timelines, and exaggerate minor inconveniences to make a boring biographical piece watchable. A person's actual lived experience is simply a rough draft waiting to be fixed.

True life television stories are heavily embellished
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