I think that in some cases, it is important to have these different genres. For example, textbooks. The things we learn need to be 100% true. Like Mr. Coates said, I want my surgeon to have read real stuff; I don’t want anyone reading fiction stories about how to be a surgeon.
Textbooks need to be nonfiction.
Facts need to be nonfiction.
But stories, I personally think stories are stories. If you’re just going to entertain me, who cares if it’s real or fake? Not me. I just want to be entertained.
I don’t like nonfiction. It’s a genre I like to steer clear of. I might just be reading the wrong books though; maybe there are plenty of spectacular, mind boggling stories. To think of it, I think that if some of the books I’ve read, if they were true, they would be more amazing. Amaginger.
If you’re going to lie about what your story is, that’s wrong. Because people do care, I might not, but others probably do. I don’t like to be lied to. Embellishment for entertainment is okay, but not if you embellish the whole book, or you embellish too much.
If you completely make up things that didn’t happen, it’s fiction.
Based on a true story.
Like the movies, you can say based on a true story. Because it’s not the actual thing happening right there on the screen.
If you embellish, it should be based on a true story.
If you write it exactly how it happened, its nonfiction.
If you make the whole thing up, it’s fiction.
If you make some of it up, based on a true story.
I agree that some people care if a story they read that they want to be real and it says it is needs to be real without that many will begin to read less or drift away from non-fiction
ReplyDeletei dont agree. it has to be all true to be non-diction....
ReplyDeleteMother of God...... Shes right, I completerly agree with al of this. but lying is still bad
ReplyDeleteI think it's a good idea to label books that were embellished "based on a true story" instead of nonfiction because it tells the reader it isn't all true.
ReplyDeleteI love non fiction, and I think that every book labled non fiction should have information that is 100% true. I like how you brought up other ways to lable a book, based on a true story.
ReplyDeleteI agree that you should label a book as based on a true story if you embellish most of the book.
ReplyDeleteAuthors should definitely tell when some things in their book are made up. Otherwise, they'd just be liars.
ReplyDeleteBased on a true story. Best line in your whole thing and sums of my what i believe too.
ReplyDeleteyeah a little embellishment is ok but alot you might as well say that the whole things is not true instead of making it seem like it is.
ReplyDeleteI like how you created the based on a true story genre. I think that it fits perfectly to what a lot of books are today.
ReplyDeleteI agree that a story does not need to be all nonfiction. An author can do whatever they want with their book.
ReplyDelete"If you’re going to lie about what your story is, that’s wrong. Because people do care, I might not, but others probably do" I agree with this quote =) I don't care if the story was made up or not, as long as no one got hurt and the story was still a good story.
ReplyDeleteI agree that if you want to use some truth and some fiction you should say that it is based on a true story.
ReplyDeleteI agree that using only facts in a textbook is a must and that some untrue things in a non-fiction is ok but only 95&
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that nonfiction and 'based on a true story' are two different genres.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point, I never thought how easy it would be to just say "based on a true story". Seems like that would just solve all these problems.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that who cares if it is true or not I just want to be entertained with their stories whether they are fact or fiction.
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