Comments on: My thoughts on…the truth behind the James Frey controversy http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/ Dare you enter the realm of my mind? Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:40:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: carrie http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-108 carrie Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:08:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-108 yes. you're right and the publishers are partly responsible for not advising publishing as fiction based on real events. yes. you’re right and the publishers are partly responsible for not advising publishing as fiction based on real events.

]]> By: Bonnie http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-107 Bonnie Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:35:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-107 We may embellish what we don't remember. However, if we don't remember, would it be so wrong to say, I can't remember exactly but I think it went like this and then you could actually add some accounts. This is honesty. None of us are perfect. However when you write a memoir as a fact and then ficitionalize it without letting your audience know, then that's just dishonest. We may embellish what we don’t remember. However, if we don’t remember, would it be so wrong to say, I can’t remember exactly but I think it went like this and then you could actually add some accounts. This is honesty. None of us are perfect. However when you write a memoir as a fact and then ficitionalize it without letting your audience know, then that’s just dishonest.

]]> By: carrie http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-106 carrie Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:31:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-106 i think it is very natural for humans to embellish memory. we're not computers. i think it is very natural for humans to embellish memory. we’re not computers.

]]> By: Jon http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-105 Jon Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:31:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-105 Abeni,<br/><br/>I would imagine at least 50% of the memoirs that are published contain a whole lot of emblishment. Personally I stay away from those type of Non-Fiction books since I prefer books that I know are fiction and I don't have to wonder if they are real or not. :) Abeni,

I would imagine at least 50% of the memoirs that are published contain a whole lot of emblishment. Personally I stay away from those type of Non-Fiction books since I prefer books that I know are fiction and I don’t have to wonder if they are real or not. :)

]]> By: Abeni http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-104 Abeni Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:39:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-104 I felt sorry for him and I hope he doesn't go back to the bottle after all the public humiliation.Like Mike am wondering how many memoirs embellished the truth. I felt sorry for him and I hope he doesn’t go back to the bottle after all the public humiliation.Like Mike am wondering how many memoirs embellished the truth.

]]> By: AnthonyLemons http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-103 AnthonyLemons Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:16:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-103 Great Post Leon...keep it up. Irie. Great Post Leon…keep it up. Irie.

]]> By: Mike http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-102 Mike Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:33:00 +0000 http://mythoughtsonstuff.com/2006/01/27/my-thoughts-onthe-truth-behind-the-james-frey-controversy/#comment-102 The bad part of this isn't that this particular guy got caught. The bad part is that it's likely that there may be many other memoirs that have been published that are really little more than fiction with a lit bit of reality added to them. I can even imagine a book editor sending a manuscript back with post-it notes on the parts that need to be spiced up. The bad part of this isn’t that this particular guy got caught. The bad part is that it’s likely that there may be many other memoirs that have been published that are really little more than fiction with a lit bit of reality added to them. I can even imagine a book editor sending a manuscript back with post-it notes on the parts that need to be spiced up.

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