The Fiction Within the Facts
As much as I love writing fiction, I haven’t been wanting to write it lately. The idea of making things up doesn’t appeal to me as much as divulging the unvarnished truth. So, I’ve been working on a memoir project. This, it should be noted, has its own complications. As I try to capture my past through the lens of creative nonfiction, I find myself wrestling with the truth. Don’t get me wrong. I like excavating, which is what I consider memoir writing to be. I dig up burie