Ideas Of Creative Nonfiction (Lowry, Vowell & Bellow)

Ideas of Creative Nonfiction
(Lowry, Vowell and Bellow)

My initial understanding of Creative Nonfiction was one that just scratches the surface of what Creative Nonfiction is. Yes I knew it is a genre that elements on factuality and numerous styling. However, what I now know about this subject is derivative from my interpretation and correlation to the assigned readings (Lowry, Vowell and Bellow). Via the readings, I was able to accumulate analysis and comparisons that would subsequently sum up to an in-depth definition of Creative Nonfiction.

Creative Nonfiction is a type of writing that bridges the truth (or fact) with different writing styles. In retrospect to my earlier blog entry, “such writing styles include or could be satire or comedy, memoir, narrative and even sports writing”. It serves to create scenes and paint pictures via descriptive or narrative details. In Creative Nonfiction, the author would write in either the first or third person, exposing a situation or an ordeal. Through the perspective of the first person, the piece becomes personal or about self, where the author is personally engaged. The view of the third person serves as an “eye” witness or someone who is simply telling a story from what he or she has been told.

Segmentation, when apply to Creative Nonfiction, aims to create a scene via chronology. It sets the event in a sequential order, out letting a voice and a certain mood to the reader. Writers sometimes use expository styling to make revelation or testimony. Sarah Vowell used outlined and factual information to tell her story. In her piece you can find dates, figures and stats that are tied to events. Beverly Lowry used emotions and reality to portray Karla Faye, a woman on death row who misses out on her wedding; something that is very dear to women. Though a fairly young genre, Creative Nonfiction is eminent in Literature and has the potential to grow immensely.

From the assigned readings, I can clearly say, Creative Nonfiction is a factual and stylistic genre that utilizes its style to tell a story, give revelation, create emotions, or expose the truth, all of which are, and should be based on factuality. It is usually written in the first or third person, segmented or outlined.

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