Truth in Fiction's Clothing: The Subtle Distinctions Between Memoir & Autofiction
By David Griffin Brown
To what extent does your life inform your writing? And where is the line between memoir, autofiction, and true fiction?
Mystery author P.D. James once said, “All fiction is largely autobiographical and much autobiography is, of course, fiction.” That might seem like a contradiction, but it’s an important distinction when it https://darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/memoir-vs-autofiction
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