To say that a story is a lie isn’t to make a moral judgment. It’s just a statement about the nature of story, which is an art of fabrication. It is the weaving of ideas, opinions, imaginings, and observations into a fabric that (we hope or expect) will engage, inspire, inform, enlighten, or entertain. It is, literally, making shit up, and sometimes it’s good shit that reveals more than it obscures, but that doesn’t change the fact that it is made-up. That’s why it’s magic. That’s why it…