My own view of Creative Nonfiction

Creative nonfiction seems to be a form of writing that changes as time goes on and more writers address this criteria and add/take back their own thoughts, ideas, memories, and theories. Although I do not have much experience with writing creative nonfiction, from reading and having a few classes in the past month, I believe that creative nonfiction cannot be learned through nonstop research on the genre/topic and reading various essays, but through actually writing and doing so on your own. So because I do not have any experience in this genre, I can not say I have a complete understanding of the concept. However, I will not say that I have no understanding at all, because I do have some idea on what I BELIEVE it can be. Since I am a writer I am constantly imaging things; thoughts, memories, new ideas, etc., so I believe with some writing of my own and new experiences I will be able to grasp my own ways, techniques and definition(s) of creative nonfiction.