Weekly Blog Post 1

"Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs."---David Ben-Gurion

This quote really struck me after I had read it. There is a lot of truth in this statement. The past is only what you choose to make it. You can leave out the parts of your past that were tough, embarrassing, or that you just do not care for. There is nothing to stop you from adding things either. The thing of it is is that when you write about you, no one will be the wiser. Only you know the true you and what you have done and where you have come from. Everyone else only knows what you tell, write, or show. This does not always have to be a negative aspect. Many stories and books are based upon a mere shred of truth. These truths and actual events serve as the building blocks for great and creative writing. In fact many stories or books would be very boring and quite similar if it were not for this creative aspect. Even though this is stretching the quote to its limits, I feel that this is an important aspect of writing. The point is that creativity and great writing is often made up or is an actual truth stretched and manipulated beyond recognition even to those who were there.