Truth is Stranger than Fiction

In this week's episode, we discuss some of the great literary scandals and the plethora of cases involving artists whose real lives are more dramatic than their work. Do writers create drama in their lives because of their creative minds, or do people who live surrounded by drama turn to fantasy to cope? (Or both?) And why do we hold fiction to a higher standard of plausibility than real life? We would never allow characters to get away with the dumb choices real people make every day.