Post #8

For me memoirs can hold any truth’s they want.  As long as a memoir has some truth, I don’t think a percent of truth really does it justice but I would say 50-95% would have to be true for me to call it a memoir. Anything below 50% you would call fiction or based on a true story. And for anything above 95% true/accurate would be called an autobiography. I say this because some fibbing for the stories overall plot and quality is good. If a good and realistic stretch helps the plot or have us understand the characters more, then it is a good detail. If you want to read a full tale of one’s life and it be factually accurate I say you read an autobiography by the author.  With details like location and names and things that don’t directly influence the plot of the book then who cares if they are made up. 

I have often thought about writing a memoir, I mean my life isn’t extremely exciting but some of my ideals and some funny/unlucky things have happened. I would definitely need a major thing to happen in my life to make it more interesting though. Perhaps something that goes off of something that has happened to me. Something realistic to the situation and a little far-fetched, just to add to the plot of my story. I obviously joke about it and wouldn’t write it anytime soon, but years from now when I am the only one to remember certain things I would probably add some interesting fake details to my life.