Thank you for the extension! My paper is coming along well but to be honest, I haven't had the time to get to the writing center because I haven't been feeling well.
My paper took shape rather nicely. Here is
TOPIC: Truth in Memoirs, the modern genre
INTRO:
- To what degree is somebody allowed to embellish their life experiences and still classify their writing non-fiction? what line indicates where memoir ends and make-believe begins?
POINTS/DEFENSE:
- What is a memoir (Memoirs True and False)
- Memoirs – modern genre (why popular)
o Nowadays, Americans fine themselves forced to care about more things than ever before…
• Impatience – memoir quick, autobiography time
• Brings people together to write about experiences and share
• Maturity
• Relationship between writing and subject – releases inner feelings
• Limit themselves – carving portions of life to portray
• Oprah – fueled fact and fraud, clarifying the standard for acceptable for memoirists,. Frey lies – crusade
• Democratic
• (The Age of Memoir)
- James Frey Scandal
- Augusten Burroughs – Running with Scissors attack
o About the novel
- David Sedaris – Me Talk Pretty One Day
- Where the line should be drawn.
CONCLUSION:
That's pretty much where it went.
That's kind of a rough outline... but it took form from there.
This is where my introduction is currently. This weekend, sunday most likely, I will reevaluate my essay and possibly rework this with the rest of my paper. I will be visiting the writing center Monday.
When navigating the non-fiction section, it is assumed that the present titles are representations of factuality. However, in modern times, the rising popularity of memoir writing as the American genre, commanding the majority of bestseller lists, has led to fraudulent actions and question of truth. After watching Oprah emasculate memoir-swindler James Frey, accusations flew on the disclaimers of other novels. The genre has since debated to what degree is an author allowed to embellish his or her own life experiences while still classifying them non-fiction, what indicates the line where a story crosses from memoir to make-believe?
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