Blog #5

Ethics in CNF are very important because you simply cannot write something that is not true and call it CNF. If so, it would just be a fictional story. It is easy to get caught up in the creativity aspect of writing CNF and exaggerate a story in order to make it more interesting. However, I think that what make a good CNF writer is being able to turn any story, dull or exciting, into an interesting one using your words rather than having to lie about the facts in order to make it interesting. It is knowing how to excite the reader about something ordinary and make it extraordinary; like we learned in our reading. Also, when writing about a story which includes other people, I believe privacy is very important. I myself am a very secretive person and wouldn't like if someone told a personal story about me to people that I do not know and trust. I will be writing about my experiences at Overpeck park which involve some of my friends. I will not be referring to them by their name and am thinking of leaving some experiences that may be too personal out of my writing; simply because I feel they are personal. When dealing with emotional and factual truth, I feel that it is important to go in depth and explain to your readers what was actually accruing, and what your feelings about that situation were as well as reasoning behind why it made you feel that way.