Post #8:How true does a book have to be in your mind to be considered non-fiction? Why?

I think that if you are going to write a book that is non-fiction it has to be 100% true. No matter how good the story is. I think this because if the story is not 100% true then you can’t tell if they are telling the truth. The story could just be a big lie you would never know. Even though the story might be great which I’m not saying it couldn’t be, why would you, trust an author that would just lie about something that happened in their life that never happened or even was twisted in a way where it did happen but the whole truth wasn't told. One lie could impact the story so much that it wouldn’t really add up like how in James Frey’s novel A Million Little Pieces in the book he wrote that he was involved with a train accident that included killing a girl. Later in an interview he admitted that he was never a part of this but the girl that got killed affected his life deeply. As you see that is just like telling two different stories but saying that they are basically the same.  I think that lying to readers isn't good either because lying isn't going to help you in anyway. And what if your book becomes a best seller and people start to discover that you were just making it up all along? Then what do you then? It will create a bad reputation for you and your writing. You wouldn’t want that because if you decide to write more books no one will want to publish your book, probably because they would think that you are a big liar and wouldn’t trust you or your writing.