Part One:
One thing that really made sense to me and stood out was actually early on in the chapter in the section called Telling The Truth. It talks about how in fiction, it's all about making up something good and something not-so-typical. However, non-fiction is more about telling the truth. In fact, when a nonfiction story is written, and the writer did not tell the truth, they can face criticism and may lose all credibility. My question being, how often does something like this happen and when it does happen, are the writer eventually able to bounce back from the bad reputation or is their career ruined?
In reading about the dialogue that goes into nonfiction, I figured probably more often than not, this is where non-fiction writer would have downfalls. To me, it would be really easy to mix up what the speak may say and then, unless you are paraphrasing, your story is no longer fact because you may have misunderstood what the character said or not remember word-for-word what they said. My question about this is, should writer still be held accountable for being inaccurate if it was a minor mistake such as forgetting exactly what someone said?
Part Two:
In the story, The Liferower, the author uses a lot of great techniques that are talked about in this chapter. First off, I think she does a great job of creating a personal connection or quality of personal vulnerability because she talks about how fragile she is and how everyone in her family is very fragile. Right off the bat you get a sense of mortality from her.
She also uses a few poetic techniques such as the phrases she uses. She finds ways to say things that are more romantic sounding than just "my heart doesn’t work right." For example, the first paragraph describes the little digital rower on the screen and compares it to her pace maker.
She uses a lot of personal experience to enhance the quality of the story. She talks about a sister who passed away as a baby from her heart problems, and another sister who struggled through childbirth due to her heart issues. She has a father who has plastic stents in his heart that click when he breathes too fast or hard. This all makes the writing a little more real and scary to me.
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I totally agree with you that the author of The Liferower does a great job of making personal connections! I really enjoyed it. I like how she uses personal experiences in her stories-- that's something I always try to do as well.
ReplyDeleteI also noticed the use of personal experience in this story. It made the story a lot more impactful. I was able to relate to her experience because of it.
ReplyDeleteGreat Post! I affirm what you mention, the creative non fiction is so real in the sense that when it has actually happened to someone it can hit us deep. Things get personal very quickly.
ReplyDeleteGreat Post! I affirm what you mention, the creative non fiction is so real in the sense that when it has actually happened to someone it can hit us deep. Things get personal very quickly.
ReplyDeleteThose are really great questions. It really depends on who the writer is and how big the lie is. If they lie about a small part it'll be taken better than lying about a complete story.
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