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Discussion  

The Writing Process for Nonfiction

For this discussion, reflect on the experience of writing nonfiction. How do you think the writing process for nonfiction might differ from that of fiction?

Post your answers to the following questions in the discussion thread:

How might you approach a creative nonfiction draft as      opposed to a fiction draft?

What are the different opportunities? What are the      different challenges?

Which of the different tasks do you think would be the      most challenging for you?

The initial post must be between 300-350 words

(The Discussion Assignment is due tomorrow at 11:59pm ET So Start This first)

Peer Responses

respond to each of the two students and use 150-200 words when responding. Start of by saying (Hello name)

• Juan
• How might you approach a creative nonfiction draft as opposed to a fiction draft?
• I believe that creative nonfiction and fiction can alter in the requirement needed to fulfill an accurate and concrete recollection of the events that are meant to unfold. MY approach to Creative nonfiction branches from things that are important to me. In addition, if it’s a global cause I will or can add my personal touch of creativity while conveying the importance of my message about said cause through story telling. A lot more through and careful planning goes into writing creative nonfiction, whereas fiction stems from the same basic premises of conveying an important message to me and relaying that information to my audience., however I always focused on the events being foretold without necessary fact checking.  

What are the different opportunities? What are the different challenges?

• Some of the biggest difference between fiction and creative nonfiction are accuracy. Accuracy becomes a problem when we want to exaggerate an event in a setting that is meant to be true and accurate. For example explaining a descriptive setting, one must learn to use certain terminology in a nonfiction to express exaggeration where as in fiction nothing is preventing there to be an actual dragon in our stories. The opportunity presented in both outcomes come in being able to recollected an actual events while expressing our personal flair and still being accurate and in fiction we can imagine and dream anything into existence.

Which of the different tasks do you think would be the most challenging for you?

• The most challenging task for me, will be research and accuracy. I often struggle on not exaggerating or being able to accurately recollect events. However; while in the midst of doing research if the research I am doing is based on let’s pretend mental health and my goal is to highlight the importance of mental health, and I need to be accurate not creative. Then I will not have a difficult time.

Traci

How might you approach a creative nonfiction draft as opposed to a fiction draft?

While writing a fiction draft can require some research, writing a nonfiction draft requires a more thorough study. Facts and descriptive details are needed to bring the narrative to life. I usually approach writing nonfiction by making an idea map on a sheet of paper with my subject in the middle. All around the center, I jot down questions I have about the subject, and points that I want to cover. I start my research there, and let it branch out where it will. Sometimes I do a lot of research and use only bits of it in the finished draft. I still feel the study is worthwhile, however, because the more I know about the topic, the more confident my writing will be.

What are the different opportunities? What are the different challenges?

There are both opportunities and challenges in writing a nonfiction draft. Opportunities include choosing a subject that means something to you and digging into it. If you are writing a personal narrative, you can process your own memories and feelings through writing. You may even find a new way of looking at an event or subject. Then you get to share that with your readers, offering them a fresh perspective, or some new information to consider. The biggest challenge in writing nonfiction is making the narrative lively and engaging enough to keep your reader interested. The writer must provide the right details to hook the reader and make them care about the story. Too much detail provides background but bogs down the flow. Too little detail can leave a reader confused or apathetic. Once the scene is set, the writing must be interesting and move smoothly enough to keep the reader engaged. This can be a difficult balance to strike.

Which of the different tasks do you think would be the most challenging for you?

The most difficult step for me falls under research, specifically, choosing the right details to include. Sometimes I find a piece of information that I find tantalizing or compelling, but it doesn’t really fit with the theme of the piece. It can be hard to scrap these ideas, but it is important for a writer to include only the details that best serve the writing. I usually save the scraps in a file; in case I can use them at another time. This takes some of the sting out of cutting them from my piece.

Assignment 1 

Wk 3 Assignment 1: Analyzing Nonfiction

This assignment asks you to provide an analysis of the elements of creative nonfiction on display in David Foster Wallace’s