In my mind, which is very chaotic, as long as
90% of the book is true then its non-fiction because to be honest no one is
going to remember every single little detail that has happened in their live.
However, they shouldn’t through in some ridiculous scene that wouldn’t fit the
rest of the story or purposefully over dramatis something. I don’t think the little bit that Frey and Mortenson bent their story’s is really anything to fuss over. Frey was adding some action to his story to help keep his readers interested. Mortenson’s book was true but I do agree that he needed to return all the money he stole. Even though the money had nothing really to do with his story, so I don’t think it should have really affected his book very much.
I’m going to be very blunt. David Shields is an IDOIT,
period. I understand his ability to create something new out of the old, but
the way he did it was just flat out dumb. He is completely plagiarizing. Plus,
the fact that he didn’t even want to give credit where its do, make him look
very ignorant. To make it even worse even though his publisher made him put
credit in the back he still made it so it could be easily taken out.
In the end I think we need to just tell the truth and not
lie.
I agree that we need to tell the truth. We also won't remember everything that happened, but we should at least make an honest effort to tell the truth of how something happened, as good as we can remember. But what they're saying is, making up things to make it interesting.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the truth is needed but dialouge can be slightly changed since you probably won't remember everything that people said. I also like the firery bird. It adds a nice touch.
ReplyDeleteI agree that authors should tell the truth, and I understand that we can't always remember every little detail.
ReplyDeleteLove what you said at the end. Completley sums up a great life lesson, tell the truth and don't lie.
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