Sunday, February 1, 2015
Blog #3
I really enjoy creative nonfiction writing because it allows a writer to express the truth about a story in a way that is appealing to others. Its like recreating the event and the emotions that already happened. Its a challenge sometimes because you may have to take a simple moment in time and describe in a way that makes readers want to keep reading. I like that is allows creativity within reality. My favorite genre is most likely the personal essay. I like how it focuses on the here and now, not the past. Yes it still refers to the past, but it describes life events moving forward. I also like the portrait sub genre. It's like painting a picture of someone with words, not paint. It's making who they are come alive on paper. Its showing the uniqueness of individuals for everyone else to see.
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I agree that retelling a story in an appealing way is difficult. It's something that I really admire in CNF writers too, especially historical writers. I know whenever I try to tell a story in person it always falls flat because of my disorganized brain; not sure about on paper yet. Hopefully this class will give all of us the tools we need to tell our stories in the best possible way.
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