If you sometimes wonder what the difference is between memoir and fiction, you aren’t alone. Often writers use their experiences…
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How to Write About Negative Life Experiences
When writing about life experiences, it’s important not to let so-called negative life story scare us or our readers off….
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How to Use Life Story and Personal Experience in an Essay
Last week I wrote two posts related to memoir, 10 Ways to Use Life Story in Nonfiction Writing and How…
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The Top Six Questions Memoir Writers Ask
It’s Day #9 of the Write Nonfiction in November challenge! We’ve covered a lot of ground already, and I thought…
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Memoir Writing: Telling Your Truth
I’ve always wanted to write a memoir. One agent even recommended that I write one of my prescriptive nonfiction books…
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How to Make Your Manuscript Compelling
Writers can never get too much advice from editors about how to improve their writing. And even editors can learn…
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The Many Varied Forms of Nonfiction
The I received a request to write about the different forms of nonfiction. I teach this – at least in…
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