A License to Lie: Writing through the Facts to the Truth

Maureen Ellen O’Leary

doi:10.58680/tetyc20076529

ISSN: 0098-6291
E-ISSN: 1943-2356

A License to Lie: Writing through the Facts to the Truth
Author(s): Maureen Ellen O’Leary
Source: Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Volume 35, Issue 2, Dec 2007, p. 159 - 168
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/tetyc20076529
- Published online: 01 Dec 2007

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This essay suggests ways to help students breathe life into their personal narratives by, on the one hand, encouraging them to find the “truth” of their stories and, on the other, encouraging them to play a little fast and a little loose with that truth.

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