Memoir & Creative Nonfiction: Truth as Narrative

Your life is a story, but not every moment needs to be shared.  In this episode of Writing Break, we’re exploring memoir and creative nonfiction, the genres where truth becomes art. Learn how to shape your real experiences into stories that captivate readers, how to handle the tricky business of writing about other people, and how to balance honesty with craft.

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Overthinking Couch Topics:

• The top 3 memoir pitfalls
• The difference between memoir and creative nonfiction
• How to identify the theme or central question behind your life story
• The role of voice, reflection, and scene in turning experience into narrative
• When memoir becomes autofiction

• More Writing Tips
• Creative Nonfiction / True stories, well told.
• River Teeth | A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative
• Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction | Brevity: The journal devoted exclusively to the concise literary nonfiction.
• Free Style Sheet Templates

Music licensed from Storyblocks.

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