Blog 8

To be honest I believe as long as the actual events happened it doesn’t have to be 100% true. By far I am not a fan of nonfiction, for me it’s boring and the story just drags so long. However when we watched that one author who basically stole written work from other sources, that for me just makes me think he was a down right lazy writer who couldn’t come up with his own sentences. An author’s job no matter what area of genre they are in their job is to entertain readers in order to sell more of their books.

Half-truths I believe are completely okay as long as it describes the event that actually happened. In reality we all twist our stories when we tell our peers to make it sound more interesting. If the story goes beyond what actually happened authors need to get it out from the nonfiction section in the library to the fiction section. Especially in Hollywood the very beginning of several of scary stories they put in a caption, based on a true story, to get people more interested and scared for the movie. It is to grasp our attention and to keep us readers entertained, the art of writing is also a business to be the best and most creative author out there.

I believe you should label books fiction or nonfiction. If the reader wants to read a memoir they want it to be factual but also entertaining. If later on the reader finds out the book was completely fake then it will create huge disappointments. You can exaggerate any story but you cannot create events that never happened or turn away from the actual truth. Authors of nonfiction must reevaluate the definition of nonfiction novels and see if their book fits that standard.