Creative Non-Fiction Paper

Creative non-fiction is a genre of writing which uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. The author’s goal in writing creative non-fiction is to tell us factual information while writing it in a way that reads like fiction. The reason why they write in this style is to make it easier to read and also try to capture the reader’s attention on topics that normally might not interest them. Creative non-fiction is a recently recognized genre that involves writing from personal experience and reporting on other peoples experiences.

Creative non-fiction is almost like a blend between journalism and creative writing. It is much easier for people to read creative writing, so blending the two helps us understand it better. The goal of the writer is to show you the facts and their opinion on a specific topic while making it easy to read. The literary elements that go into writing creative non-fiction are story, narration, place, setting, characterization, literary feel, and polished language. While the non-fiction elements include essay form, explanation, researched facts, and rhetorical patterns.

Creative non-fiction presents useful, interesting facts based on extensive as well as exhaustive research. A lot of research must be conducted in order to be able to write properly for this genre. The writer’s goal is to make the facts come alive through narration and setting or well developed scenes while presenting details that help the reader understand the main point. Facts can be very boring and dull, which is why the writer tries to add some spice to it. It is almost like food. Food can be changed from plain old boring to excellent by just adding some flavor and spice to it.

There is an endless amount of topics that can be used for writing creative non-fiction. The writer can choose to write about almost anything which is what makes it such a fascinating genre. In John McPhee’s “The Curve of Binding Energy”, he chooses to write about nuclear physicist Ted Taylor and nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons and nuclear safeguarding is not a very interesting topic to many people. But the way that McPhee writes it using creative non-fiction makes it a lot more interesting and easy to read. He combines Ted Taylor’s life, nuclear bombs, scientific materials, and creative writing in this book. Without the creative writing, it would be just like a long research paper on nuclear bombs. Blending these topics together turns it into a very good creative non-fiction novel.

I personally didn’t know about creative non-fiction until I read “The Curve of Binding Energy”. I never really heard of the genre nor did I understand it. When I read the book, I realized how much easier it is to read because of the writing style. If it was just a journalistic piece, I probably wouldn’t have been able to read it. It would be too boring and I wouldn’t have any interest in at all. But McPhee does a great job capturing my attention with his use of creative non-fiction.

The genre of creative non-fiction has helped me a lot in writing my college essays and papers. Since I’ve learned this type of writing, I believe I have become a better writer. It helps me combine factual research and my own creative thoughts. I believe that my papers that involve creative non-fiction are better quality and are also easier to read. They aren’t tedious and lackluster like a regular style research paper.

I have also learned that there are a lot more creative non-fiction books than I thought. There are books of this genre that caught my attention and that I plan on reading soon. These books are “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote and “The Last Shot” by Darcy Frey. I have read that these books are really interesting and that they are written very well.

Really Funny Video About Def Jam

This video is hilarious and i think it's true. Record exec's buy CD's back to make it look like their artists sold a lot. SAD!

Fat Joe Only Sells 46,000 Copies

The music business is going down fast. Rick Ross lead the album sales this week as Trilla sold 198,000 copies. These numbers aren't good for the number 1 CD in the country. No one is buying CD's anymore. Rappers have to make their money off other thing because of the computer era. Snoop Dogg is a legend and his album Ego Trippin came in at 3rd place and only sold 136,000 copies. It seems that nobody bought Fat Joe's album Elephant in the Room because he only sold 46,000 copies. That is really low considering he's been rapping for a long time already. I remember when 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin' came out, it sold 872,000 copies in the first 4 days. Get Rich or Die Tryin' has sold over 12 million copies worldwide. 50 Cent had a lot to say about Fat Joe's sales and he says that Fat Joe's career dead. He even made a video dedicated to him

Game Out of Jail after Only 8 Days

It must be great being a celebrity because apparently you don't have to do jail time. Game was sentenced to 60 days in a Los Angeles prison after pleading no contest on Monday February 11 to felony gun charges stemming from a February 2007 incident in which he allegedly pulled out a gun in a school zone. After Game entered his no-contest plea, a Los Angeles County judge immediately sentenced him to 60 days in prison. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped two other charges: making criminal threats and exhibiting a firearm in the presence of a peace officer. He was also was sentenced to three years of probation and 150 hours of community service. Game was arrested in May, three months after the incident took place, during a pickup-basketball game at a park in L.A. According to the police report, Game got into a fight with a member of the opposing team and then got a gun from his Cadillac Escalade and threatened to kill the man. Game stated in a recent interview with Monsta Magazine that he felt he was being targeted because of his celebrity. After all of this drama, Game winded up getting out of jail after only 8 days. He was released from jail because of "overcrowding" which is the same reason Paris Hilton was released after a couple of days. I know if that was me with these charges, I would probably have to stay in jail for the whole 60 days. I probably would get a longer sentence too. It's really not fair that celebrities get to avoid jail time because of their status. As soon as Game got out of jail, before he even went home, he went to go record a couple of tracks including "Big Dreams" produced by Cool and Dre. This is going to be the first single off Games upcoming album "LAX", coming out later this year. LAX is rumored to be his last album because he says he is fed up with the music business.

R.I.P. B.I.G. March 9th 1997

Its been exactly 11 years since the greatest rapper of all time was killed in a drive by shooting. Notorious B.I.G. was killed on March 9th 1997 and the rap game hasn't been the same since. Biggie was the greatest rapper that ever lived and its truly sad that he had to get gunned down because of his beef wit 2pac. It wasn't enough that 2pac was killed on September 13th 1996 but half a year later BIG was also killed. Biggie and 2pac had beef and this is what happened as a result of this. Biggie stated many times how its crazy that the whole West coast didn't like him because of 2pac and the East Coast didn't like 2pac because of him. Who would think that rap beef would lead to these 2 great rappers getting gunned down. There hasn't been a rapper that has even come close to Biggies level. He was a crazy lyricist and he had the best flow. Neither Big's nor Pac's deaths were solved and it is unknown to this day who killed them. It is believed that Big's crew killed Pac and after that Pac's crew killed Big. It's crazy because Big and Pac were once pretty good friends but they become enemies. It's really sad that Biggie was killed because he would've still been rapping today. He only released 2 albums while alive but they are 2 of the best rap albums of all time. Biggie always said he was ready to die but nobody thought that it would be that soon. We miss you BIG....
Heres one of Biggies most famous songs Juicy


The last verse is INSANE No one else can rap like him
Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis
When I was dead broke, man I couldn't picture this
50 inch screen, money green leather sofa
Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur
Phone bill about two G's flat
No need to worry, my accountant handles that
And my whole crew is loungin'
Celebratin' every day, no more public housin'
Thinkin' back on my one-room shack
Now my mom pimps a Ac' with minks on her back
And she loves to show me off, of course
Smiles every time my face is up in The Source
We used to fuss when the landlord dissed us
No heat, wonder why Christmas missed us
Birthdays was the worst days
Now we sip champagne when we thirst-ay
Uh, damn right I like the life I live
'Cause I went from negative to positive
And it's all Good

Rick Ross Trilla Album Review

I got the opportunity to listen to Rick Ross’ new album Trilla before it hits stores on Tuesday March 11th. Trilla is the follow up to his first CD Port of Miami which sold over 750,000 copies. Port of Miami was a good CD and I was expecting the same for Trilla. Trilla was originally supposed to come out in December but got pushed back to February and eventually pushed to March. We have been waiting a long time for this CD but it was defiantly worth the wait. The album has 14 tracks and I liked all but 3 songs. Ross has a lot of guest appearances on the album including Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, T-Pain, Nelly, Trey Songz, R. Kelly, Mannie Fresh, Triple C’s, Rodney, Avery Storm, and Trick Daddy. Ross mostly raps about money, drug trafficking, and being a boss. Ross also shows us a lighter and more sensitive side of himself on the last track on the CD called “I’m Only Human” in which he raps about growing up without a father and how he’s only human and that he also makes mistakes. The 2 singles from the CD so far are “Boss” and “Speedin”, both of which are good songs and catchy. These 2 tracks are getting a lot of radio play right now. Ross is from Miami which he calls Mi-Yayo because of all the cocaine transported through there. In the tracks “This is the Life”, “We Shinin”, and “Maybach Music”, Ross talks about living the good life, making money, and all the cars he has. One of the things I found really funny though was that Ross says boss at least three times in every song. Rick Ross is one of the rappers responsible for putting Florida on the hip-hop map and he’s helping many Florida rappers including Flo-Rida and Brisco get more known. Overall Trilla is really good and one of the better CD’s I’ve heard in a while. I would give Trilla 4 stars out of 5. Here’s Ross’ latest video Boss featuring T-Pain.

Is this the end of Dipset?

The beef just keeps on coming with The Diplomats. First it was Jim Jones and Cam’ron, now its Jim Jones and Max B. We still don’t know what Jimmy and Cam were even beefing about. But Cam hasn’t been the same since then. He’s been hiding out and has barely made any music in the past 6 months. Max and Jimmy grew up together in Harlem and they have known each other for years. Max wasn’t happy because Jimmy wasn’t paying him for his hooks and verses. Now Max has come out swinging hard at Jimmy saying that he can’t rap and that he Max writes his lines for him. Rumor has it that Jimmy hasn’t been focusing enough on his music right now and that he is only focusing on his new wife Chrissie. I don’t think these are good career moves for anyone. Dipset used to be one of the strongest groups in rap, up there with G-Unit and D-Block. Cam’ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Max B made some great songs together and now they all have problems with each other. Max B already released 2 songs dissing Jimmy including the I’ma Do Me Freestyle. Jimmy and Cam originally started Dipset together. Now everyone is taking shots at each other. When Juelz was asked why his album hasn’t dropped yet he responded by saying “Honestly I don’t know, you gotta ask Cam about that”. Juelz is upset with Cam and he thinks he isn’t being treated right. Another member of Dipset 40 Cal has stated that Dipset might really be done now.