tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887985983763105815.post7503235885231682665..comments2024-03-15T16:35:07.667+10:00Comments on JCU Library News: Fancy getting drunk on a new eBook?Helen Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16896854108854269320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887985983763105815.post-70959113527214403052016-04-28T17:05:05.720+10:002016-04-28T17:05:05.720+10:00You'll have to take that up with a whole raft ...You'll have to take that up with a whole raft of academics and publishers, I'm afraid. The terms "Creative Non-fiction" and "Narrative Non-fiction" have been used (interchangeably) as umbrella terms for writing non-fiction of an entertaining (rather than purely academic or informative) nature for a couple of decades now.<br /><br />You're thinking about it as if it belongs in the same camp as subgrenres such as "science fiction" and "true crime". It's more a term for a Genre at a bigger level.<br /><br />To put it into perspective, "travel writing" is to creative non-fiction as "historical romance" is to novels.<br /><br />In creative writing books and courses, you'll sometimes see creative/narrative non-fiction referred to as the "fourth genre", with novels and short stories taking up two of the other three slots, and poetry and plays vying for the other position. It's really just a way to accept that works of writing about actual events can be as entertaining and gripping as a well-written work of fiction, and it covers things like essays, feature articles and memoirs.<br /><br />We have some good resources about the genre, if anyone is interested in learning more: <a rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/1Ws9LV4</a>.Sharon Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15020736030106672567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2887985983763105815.post-76295276265772411682016-04-26T14:45:35.127+10:002016-04-26T14:45:35.127+10:00I am uneasy with the term 'creative non-fictio...I am uneasy with the term 'creative non-fiction'. Writing non-fiction is a creative pursuit and all the forms listed already have well established categories: travel writing, natural history writing, popular history, popular science. Adding 'creative' to 'non-fiction' ignores the creativity already present in any significant piece of writing and might serve to excuse lapses from accuracy. In my view this book could be categorised as history, or popular history. Using the term 'creative non-fiction' suggests it might be historical fiction, something quite different.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com