Discovery in fiction

Just finished writing the non-fiction book for hire. Now I will go back to the novel, which probably will never be read by a soul. Still, I persevere. Why? Well, without the constraints of fact, I like the way your conscious and unconscious mind can roam in fiction. And the way you can discover feelings, and memories, and ideas you didn't know you had. And the way you see objects as if you had just come upon them. And people from your past--the way you can understand why you hate or love them. Fiction shows you how your mind is a brave, new world.