Tag: Fiction
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Author Interview: Memoir into Fiction
The novel Catch a Dream describes such an intense, extraordinary life experience. It surprises me that most of it really happened and that you started writing it as a memoir. Tell me more about the events that you actually lived through.
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Journals of Spiritual Awakening Turn into a Novel
How did Wendy Baez create such a moving story about a woman traveling, penniless, looking for handouts like a modern version of an ancient pilgrim? It sounds like the fever dream of a novelist driven to invent an extreme plot that would provide the backdrop for a modern Biblical story. But it wasn’t a fantasy.
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Stories Help this Author Grow
In my experience, most memoir writers are responding to a similar desire, to find themselves by creatively shaping their lives into stories. What advice could you offer us, based on your mid-life quest to reclaim your soul through creativity?
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Show Don’t Tell: Difference Between Fiction and Memoir
However, if we adhere too closely to techniques that work in fiction, we miss important opportunities to help readers understand our authentic, real-life experience. To develop a strong memoir writing voice, consider the differences between fiction and memoir writing. Here are three areas in which the forms differ.
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Interview: Young Adult Fiction versus Coming of Age Memoirs
Marie Lamba’s novel “Over My Head” was described by New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry as “a funny, touching, and at times heart-breaking young adult novel about the search for love.” She is also author of the young adult novel “What I Meant…” (Random House), which was dubbed “an impressive debut” by Publisher’s Weekly.
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Interview: Lessons From a Flock of Memoir Experts
I consider National Association of Memoir Writers to be one of the leading places for sharing memoir related information and inspiration and the Telesummit to be one of the best opportunities all year to gather a deeper understanding of the charter of memoirs, both in your own life, in the publishing industry, and in its…
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