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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.

Some Statistics

Top Five Surgical Cosmetic Procedures in 2006

Liposuction ... 403,684

Breast Augmentation ... 383,886

Eyelid Surgery ... 209,999

Abdominoplasty ... 172,457

Breast Reduction ... 145,822

Top Five Nonsurgical Cosmetic Procedures in 2006

Botox ... 3,181,592

Hyaluronic Acid ... 1,593,554

Laser Hair Removal ... 1,475,296

Microdermabrasion ... 993,071

Laser Skin Resurfacing ... 576,509


Surgical and Nonsurgical Cosmestic Procedures in 1997

Liposuction ... 176,863

Breast Augmentation ... 101,176

Eyelid Surgery ... 159,232

Botox ... 65,157

Chemical Peel ... 481,227

Laser Skin Resurfacing ... 154,153

A slave to the scalpel

There are many things a person can become addicted to like nicotine, caffeine, alcohol, gambling, etc. It turns out that people can even be addicted to plastic surgery. A woman named Jenny from the age of 25 to 28 received 26 surgeries. She said she was a slave to the scalpel. And if you think smoking is an expensive habbit you should think again. She spent about $80,000 on her surgeries. After all of this she still feels theres many other things she would like to get done. She takes poor self esteem to a whole other level. She received her first surgeries because of comments that her ex-husband passed about her.
In other stories I read about the extents these women will take to have money for these surgeries. It ranged from a woman stealing, one woman starring in a gang-bangs, and even a woman putting her family in debt to the point where her husband had to threaten her with divorce. These women are willing to risk their lives and spend thousands of dollars just for the idea of perfection.

The gift

All teenagers are concerned on their looks. And some kids will go as far as to ask their parents for plastic surgery for either a graduation or a birthday present. I personally know someone who had recieved 3 nose jobs before entering high school and for her 19th birthday her present was a pair of new boobs.I even read a bunch of articles talking about teenagers as young as twelve that have gone under the knife. These kids had such little self esteem to the point where they were failing in school because they refused to go. I don't think I would allow my child to have any surgery done because I feel like your making your child have even lower self esteem because your agreeing with them that they need work done.
However in other articles I read that only 5 percent of college females actually had cosmetic surgery but more then 60 percent of the students said they could see themselves getting something done at one point in their life.