#7: How True Books Need To Be

I think it is definitely okay for authors to blend truth with non-truth, but they should certainly tell us when they do. People seem to really love stories filled with drama and intense action, but life isn’t always like that, so authors make up details to make the book a better experience for readers. People really love real stories because the events actually happened, making them really think about what could happen to them. Blending truth and made up things is okay to a certain extent. If an author wants to write a book that is entirely true, then they should really tell the press, publisher, and readers that information. When blending truth and fiction becomes not okay is when the author lies about it. Authors should always be true to the millions of readers who love their books, and the press. They shouldn’t take shortcuts to get their work published like Frey did. While his book is said to be a very good one, it also has a lot of controversy, because he called it a memoir. If readers picked up a memoir, they would automatically assume it’s all factual. But he decided to call it a memoir with it having certain things that aren’t true about it. While it’s very alright for authors to mix fiction and non-fiction, it’s not alright for them to call it a memoir if some of the things in it are made up. He only called it a memoir so that he could get it published. Unfortunately, I think this negatively affected people’s opinions on the book. This shows that a fantastic piece of literature can be forever tainted with the author’s stupid mistakes of making an untrue claim.