Linda Joy Myers and Brooke Warner
From Memoirist to Novelist—A Discussion about Two Genres
July 28, 2023
11 AM PDT | 12 PM MDT | 1 PM CDT | 2 PM EDT
While writing my recently published novel, The Forger of Marseille, I talked often with my colleague and co-teacher Brooke Warner about how helpful the skills I know from memoir were to my novel writing. Many writers contemplate questions of the intersection between fiction and memoir–in what ways is it similar and how is it different? I will always be a memoirist, and a fan and advocate of memoir. Still, I wanted to explore the challenge of writing fiction. As a publisher, Brooke is familiar with both memoir and fiction. We thought we’d address the idea that many of you memoir writers might be thinking about: writing fiction after you finish your memoir.