Monday, January 22, 2007
First Blog Creative Non Fiction
So I have to keep a journal for my Creative Non Fiction Class. I cant remember the last time I penned a journal entry so an online format seems only fitting. I have my regular blog but decided I would create one especially for this occasion. Im sitting here attempting to write the first paragraph of my personal narrative. Actually I am avoiding writing my personal narrative. Im worried... I dont think I believe in Non Fiction. I mean how can a story ever be entirely true. I think one of the reasons I want to be a creative writer is because some where inside of me I am a liar. I guess most people wouldn't find it flattering to be called a liar but I am so I will. I love the idea of crafting stories based in reality but warped by my own imagination and laced with truth. In one of my other classes last week my professor lectured on the creation of the fiction novel. I like telling stories then stepping back as a narrator, I feel as if I am too attached to my own life to ever be objective or honest about it, so why try and stress myself out. So Im here attempting to write this paragraph. Every other sentence I think to myself "This would be more interesting or dramatic if I add or said that this happened instead" LOL. I am ridiculous. I wonder why I am not concerned with truth ...I dont think you need truth to tell a great story that holds truth applicable to daily life. BLAAAAH. alright back to this paragraph. BLAH :<
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