Without my opinion being portrayed as offensive, I have to be honest: I found Kinkaid’s essay to be extremely monotonous. I tried to give it a chance, but the continuous usage of “I was powerless then (though not so now)” was distracting. I felt that the fact that not one sentence was written without the use of parenthesis caused the essay to not flow very well. I presume that if Kinkaid’s essay adds anything to the ideas of creative nonfiction, it’s the idea that CNF can be written with no boundaries. As a classmate said, her essay seems like it was written by a child and I agree. It’s as though she wrote exactly how she felt and without editing her essay, left it the way her thoughts came to mind.
Lott’s essay in comparison was much more interesting. I felt I could relate to Lott as I realized his definition of creative nonfiction was similar to the idea I had in mind. Lott’s definition made me feel comfortable to approach creative nonfiction writing: “Creative nonfiction can take any form, from the letter to the list, from the biography to the memoir, from the journal to the obituary.” His statement made me look at CNF writing in a free-spirited manner. Overall I enjoyed reading Lott’s definition of creative nonfiction writing in comparison to Kinkaid.
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