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Memoir & Creative Nonfiction: Truth as Narrative

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Episode  ·  15:01  ·  Nov 13, 2025

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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.️ Overthinking Couch Topics:The top 3 memoir pitfallsThe difference between memoir and creative nonfictionHow to identify the theme or central question behind your life storyThe role of voice, reflection, and scene in turning experience into narrativeWhen memoir becomes autofiction Creative Nonfiction / True stories, well told.River Teeth | A Journal of Nonfiction NarrativeBrevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction | Brevity: The journal devoted exclusively to the concise literary nonfiction.Free Style Sheet TemplatesFree Writing TipsMusic licensed from Storyblocks.#memoirwriting #creativenonfiction #writingpodcast #howtowritememoir #writingbreakpodcast #writerslife #writingtips #storytelling #nonfictionwriters #autofiction

15m 1s  ·  Nov 13, 2025

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