In class today we started our contemplation of "truth" and creative nonfiction. We used O'Brien's "How to tell a true war story" as a way to get into the topic. His writing opened up the idea that it is possible, sometimes even necessary, to tell stories that are not true in order to represent the truth. His story also illustrates how emotional and factual "truth" can often be in conflict - or even mutually exclusive.
I will be reading through your blogs in the next few days and providing feedback on Blogs 4- 7.
Assignments for Monday: Read Lee Gutkind's "Creative Nonfiction Police" in your textbook, and post your draft for Essay 1 on your blog. For your blog, follow the numbers as listed in the calendar (even though this is the second Blog 6 . . .); I figure it would be more confusing to re-number all the subsequent entries. For in-class journal writing you will be working on identifying "themes" from the images and concepts you identified in the analysis of your journal entries we did on Sept. 29.
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