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I don't want to embellish, and it would go against my ethics to stray into creative writing in a non-fiction account I think you're off-base here. Memoirs (which is what you're writing) are n...
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2019-12-13T12:00:32Z (about 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T04:52:41Z (about 5 years ago)
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> I don't want to embellish, and it would go against my ethics to stray into creative writing in a non-fiction account I think you're off-base here. _Memoirs_ (which is what you're writing) are not transcripts of history. Yes, they are recitations of actual facts and events which occurred to the writer, but nobody remembers every detail of first grade with photographic precision (unless you happen to have eidetic memory). The writer is going to add, trim, and edit to make it work as a story. There's nothing wrong with smoothing out the dry facts of your narrative into something readable and interesting. That's not embellishment or what you dismiss as "creative writing." That's _editing._ If the dry fact is "I caught two trout," _embellishment_ is "I caught four monstrous trout!" and _creative writing_ is "After two days at sea, with no power, no GPS, and diminishing supplies, I finally sighted the great white shark. He reared out of the water and fixed me with one fathomless black eye. I took aim with my trusty flare gun..."
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2015-12-20T22:43:53Z (about 9 years ago)
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