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What is Creative Non-fiction?

There are many different types of writing and different procedures taken to develop them. We have Biographies, Autobiographies, Fiction, Nonfiction, Essays, Journals, and etc. Creative non fiction has many names in which it is referred, Literary Nonfiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Literary Journalism, Imaginative Nonfiction, Lyric Essay, Personal Essay, Personal Narrative, and Literary Memoir.

Barrie Jean Borich described Creative Nonfiction as a memory or fact-based writing that makes use of the styles and elements of fiction, poetry, memoir, and essay. It is writing about and from a world that includes the author's life and/or the author's individual perspective. This is a good definition of this genre of writing. This is accurate because all of the information presented in these types of stories are all factual but it seems like fiction because it is so detailed and interesting. It is as if your writing for entertainment rather then knowledge. “All Around the Town” is a perfect example of this. Those excerpts were all attention grabbing. But it seemed as if some of the information presented was false.

Something I read about creative nonfiction stated by Phil Druker was this style of writing shows you rather than tells you. I feel that this type of writing actually paints a picture in your mind. It makes you feel like you’re in the story rather than reading words off of a paper. Also some of the languages he encourages to use are vivid, useful details, metaphor, imagery, humor, rhythm and pace. These aren’t usually the languages for nonfiction writing but that’s what sets creative nonfiction aside from the broad genre of nonfiction. When I wrote the rough draft for the first assignment I just wrote the facts. But for the final draft I sat down for a while and thought about exactly why I wrote that paper. I basically analyzed everything and wrote down what went through my mind having to do with the topic I was writing about. Lee Gutkind feels that a creative nonfiction writer must have passion…

"A passion for the written word; a passion for the search and discovery of knowledge; and a passion for ... understand[ing] intimately how things in this world work."-Lee Gutkind


In conclusion those are a few examples of what creative nonfiction is. I feel like these writers go above and beyond because they don’t just state the facts but can make their writing come to life. After being introduced to this form of writing I’m most likely going to start using it more often. I’m sure my readers would appreciate it.

misunderstanding

I am receiving plastic surgery at the end of this year. So yesterday I was talking about it to a friend and a few hours later she called me up to tell me that a girl died from a boob job. After hearing this I started searching the computer to see why she passed away, was it a doctors fault? It turned out she had a bad reaction to the Anesthesia. When you go under Anesthesia your metabolism is supposed to decrease but this girls increased. The doctors noticed this and gave her an antidote used for malignant hyperthermia. Malignant hyperthermia makes the patient's heart rate rise, the metabolism increase, muscles become rigid, and could even give the patient a fever of over 110 degrees F. Between only one in five thousand and one in sixtyfive thousand of these incidents occur according to a website on the disorder. The girl passed away within twentyfour hours. So therefore she didn't pass away because of the cosmetic surgery, it wasn't the surgeons fault. The same thing could have happened if she would have ever had to undergo Anesthesia.

my relationship in a sentence

I pleaded him to change numerous times but the only time he took my seriously was when I told him we were over.

Are you a candidate?

Just the other day I was on the computer when I came across an interesting pop up. It said " Are you a candidate for breast implants?" This caught my interest so of course I opened it. It was a survery of about 10 questions. Some of the questions were, how old are you?, do you have any sort of diseases?, would you be willing to come back in a few years to get them redone?. The only question that I was unsure about was dealing with breast feeding. Being that I'm only eighteen years old I don't know if I would want to breast feed or use formula. It turned out however that I did qualify as a candidate. Obvesously I would have to go to a doctor to see what they would say. But I thought it was interesting that I would have some sort of idea of the questions and things a doctor keeps in mind when a woman comes to him for a boob job.