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Narrative Arc for Nonfiction Writing
by, Jill Swenson
August 4, 2015

Blame Aristotle.  Blame classical Greek culture. Blame all of Western Civilization. But every story must have a beginning, middle, and end. And more than that. Without narrative structure, non-fiction writing is just a boring recitation of one thing after another. You may think because it is based on your experiences, historical events, scientific experimentation, or natural observations that you don’t need a story to write… [Read More]

Filed Under: Aristotle, escalating events, fictio, inciting incident, narrative arc, plot, story, take-away
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The importance of narrative arc in non-fiction and memoir
by, Jill Swenson
September 15, 2012

Blame Aristotle.  Blame classical Greek culture. Blame all of Western Civilization. But every story must have a beginning, middle, and end. And more than that. Without narrative structure, a non-fiction book is just a boring recitation of one thing after another. You may think because your book is based on your real life experiences (memoir), historical events, scientific experimentation, or natural observations that you don’t… [Read More]

Filed Under: Aristotle, memoir, narrative arc, non-fiction narrative, plot, story
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