Blog 3

Kidder believes that non-fiction writers tend to write in the first person. This allows them to become characters in their own stories. Lopate believes the word "I" is absolutely necessary when writing a non-fiction piece. They both agree that the one writing the piece should be able to comfortably write the piece in first person. It is CNF which means they can be as creative as they wish, as long as they keep it non-fiction.

Lott's definition of CNF is slightly different. He believes people like to use it as a way to keep record of the moments they'd like to remember throughout their lives; such as diaries. It is about writing about one self in relation to the subject at hand.

Their definitions are similar to mine in the sense that I tend to write CNF in the first person as well. The difference is that I think it can be written in any person as long as it sticks to being non-fiction. For example, an author can write about a real-life event that occurred to someone he/she knows but not include himself/herself in it. As long as it sticks to the truth, no fiction whatsoever, it can be considered as CNF.

All three authors had a good sense of what CNF is, and of course, their definitions are more wide re-known than mine is so therefore, I like their definitions as well.