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Examples Of A Non Fictional Anecdote

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In my non-fictional anecdote, the events that happen are quite plain and there’s no real escalating action. There also isn’t a lot of description to the setting and characters, so the goal with my fictional anecdote was to elaborate on the details that I’ve forgotten over the years and make the story more appealing by creating fictional action. Small details can make a story seem more real and The one place I found the need to add more description to was Newburgh. I exaggerated how bad it is there, in order to create more of a mood that can be connected with the way I ended my story. Since I haven’t been to Newburgh in about three or four years, I tried to take memories of it and make it seem like a much more impoverished place. I also wanted to add some minor details of the pool, especially since my memories of the way it looks are very faint, to make it seem like a safer place in contrast to the town around it. When Gary’s wallet gets stolen, I wanted that to taint that seemingly safe place with the world around it. …show more content…

As a kid, being there when my friend’s dad’s wallet got stolen and then going to the police station was much more exciting than it is looking back on it. When I realized how boring it is, I wanted to make the parts from the rising action to the end more appealing to read. By the time the action is supposed to pick up in my original anecdote, it really just plateaus. Adding fictional elements eliminated the plainness of what really happened and I decided to embellish everything that happened starting from when Gary left our spot at the pool to get us ice

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