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Memoirs - Reality TV In Print by Stephen Allen
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"I don't like this reality television, I have to be honest...I think real people should not be on television. It's for special people like us, people who have trained and studied to appear to be real." - Garry Shandling We tune into our favorite television station to watch our favorite television show. For many of us that means following individuals we don't really know in a series of adventures and misadventures known as reality television. There are some that feel this type of television programming is demeaning and lacks both quality and originality. However, statistics indicate the contingent of American reality TV fans is increasing and a Reality TV channel has been launched to allow fans of this genre to have access to this type of programming 24 hours a day. What does this have to do with writing? I'm glad you asked. You see there is a writing genre that often has the same feel as reality TV and seem to be accepted by a similar interest group. "He who believes that the past cannot be changed has not yet written his memoirs." - Torvald Gahlin The growth of personal memoirs tends to appeal to the same media consumer as reality television. This genre came under fire recently when it was discovered that author James Frey may have been less than honest in his memoirs giving rise to the term, "Creative Non-fiction". "The novel's not hot anymore, and the autobiographical novel has been replaced by the memoir." - Lee Gutkind First time authors have taken note of the interest in the appetite for information on people who might be interesting, but are relatively unknown and publishers are giving this type of work some added attention in manuscript selection. "Several trends are driving the popularity of the memoir today. One is the public's continuing fascination with reality TV." - Lee Gutkind While some view this genre as a solid literary format others view the current rise in the popularity of memoirs as a simple fad that may pass. However, for the near term it appears that the marketing of memoirs will find a resurgence as a sought after genre by both publishers and the public at large. "In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels." - Gerald Clarke If you have an interesting life story it may be possible that you have a best-selling memoir on your hands. primewritings testimonials
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