all stories are fiction even if they were once true. the nature of beginning middle and end refers to something out side of life: cut off at both ends. started and finished. resolved perhaps. where all actions had purpose within the story. everyday life is not like this. and a person’s life viewed from the inside is never resolved.
“A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order.”
Jean-Luc Godard