Question 1: How do sports non fiction authors hook and hold readers?

Question 1: How do sports non fiction authors hook and hold readers? -Sports non fiction authors use the “Hollywood” effect sometimes to hook and hold the reader in their sports non fiction stories. -The “Hollywood” effect is when authors stretch the story to make it more appealing and heart felt to the reader. ("Review: The Blind Side”) -Sports non fiction authors must use reality to not let the reader believe that the story is fake or made up. (“Martin 2”)

Question 2: How do sports non fiction writers persuade their readers? • Sports non fiction writers persuade their readers by using the sport they are writing about to relate to their readers. • In “The Blindside” author Michael Lewis used Michael Oher as an icon for inner city football players to idolize. • Authors can’t just create a sports non fiction books, they have to be real stories. • “When he joined the team, Papale became the oldest non-kicking rookie in NFL history, a fan favorite who played for four years and was named a team captain” (“Morris, Jim. "Amazon.com: Invincible: My Journey from Fan to NFL Team Captain”)

Question 3: What is the relationship between sports non fiction and truth? • Sports non fiction is the truth with a little bit of stretching to hook and hold the readers. • In “The Blindside” the author Michael Lewis tells the story of Michael Oher an actual football player, but says some things that stretched the truth a little. • “He was the son of a crack-addicted mother and a murdered father, he was incredibly shy, and his high school grade point average was 0.6. He was basically a homeless black teenager with a bleak future except for his athletic talent.” (“Book Reviews - The Blind Side by Michael Lewis.”) • Did Vince Papale's first wife really leave him like in the film?“Yes. This is mostly true, and he did in fact use the nasty note she left him ("You'll never go anywhere, never make a name for yourself and never make any money") as motivation. But it happened in 1971, five years before the events of the film.”(“-Papale's Memoir”)

Question 4: What truths are best communicated through the sports non fiction genre? • Many truths are communicated through the sports non fiction genre, but some truths are stretched out a little. • A lot of sports non fiction is all truth. • Many of the truthful sports non fiction stories are not as entertaining for the average reader. • The best truths communicated through sports non fiction are current event stories. • A lot of times authors of sports non fiction books write stories about things that happened in the past so most readers are not well informed about the story.

Question 5: How is sports non-fiction different than sports fiction? • Sports non fiction are true stories about sports. • Sports fiction is about stories that are made up and not mainly true. • Sports non fiction stories are usually more appealing to people who enjoy watching sports and taking part in them. • Sports fiction novels are usually for younger aged children to bring a sense of fantasy about the sports world to them. • The book “Babe and Me” by Dan Gutman is a perfect example of a sports fiction book, here is a quick summary of the book. • “A boy and his father zip back in time to discover whether Babe Ruth actually predicted his home run in Game Three of the 1932 World Series.” (“Publishers weekly”)

Question 6: Is sports non-fiction a popular genre throughout America? • The sports non fiction has progressed from simple sports stories into human interest novels throughout the years. • “Sports have always been a way for people to escape during troubling times. With that in mind, who wouldn't want to hunker down some great sports titles. Some are exhilarating, some are tragic, but all great reads!!” ("Hennepin County Library”) • These are a few very popular books throughout America… • Invincible by Vince Papale • The Blindside by Michael Lewis • Eight Men Out by Eliot Asinof • When the Game was Ours by Jackie Macmullan • The Boys of Winter by Wayne R. Coffey

Question 7:Who is the target audience for sports non-fiction books? • Sports non-fiction books can be of interest to many people throughout the world. • Not all sports non-fiction books are about “all man” sports such as football. • A lot of good sports non fiction novels are about touching stories that most mothers would be interested in reading. • For the most part sports non fiction books are for men and women who really enjoy sports and special interest stories about the world of sports.

Question 8: How has sports non-fiction progressed from simple stories, into human interest stories? • Sports non-fiction books have progressed from simple short stories of athletes in the past that were looked upon as boring for most of the readers throughout the world. • Recently sports-non fiction books have turned into true human interest stories. • Books that hook and hold readers are for the most part heart warming and sometimes tear worthy. • Of course there are still just the informational sports non-fiction books that mainly older men find entertaining.

Question 1: How do sports non fiction authors hook and hold readers?