Tag: roman a clef
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More about Why Choose to Write Fiction Instead of Memoir
All writers need to mine their personal lives for material for their writing. But my material is particularly rich, and so I probably went deeper than most. I think we all have characters in our life, but my tendency is to stretch real-life personalities and events to make them more interesting. Writing, to me, is…
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What Happens When a Memoir Author Chooses Fiction?
Because David Kalish, author of The Opposite of Everything is apparently an expert in opposites, I interviewed him about these two forms of narrative, memoir and fiction, and asked him how and why he stepped through that mysterious stargate into the limitless realm of imagination.
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When Does a Memoir Writer Choose Fiction Based on Life?
To learn these skills, I often find myself learning from fiction writers. They are the keepers of storytelling, building on a craft that has been evolving for thousands of years, adjusting and shaping reality in order to captivate the minds of their readers. Even though memoir writers adhere to the truth, sometimes the need for…
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