A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

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Telling your story as a story

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Apr 07, 2025
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Introduction

Last week, we discussed narrative or creative nonfiction in general terms, and ended up at memoirs.

The main point was that narrative nonfiction overall, and memoirs specifically, can follow the same standard techniques of storytelling as fiction. For the most part, they probably should follow storytelling techniques.

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