Tag Archives: Alice Sebold

Three Ways to Make a Story Your Own

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Christi Craig

“Ideas are a dime a dozen.” Even the source of the quote itself is difficult to pinpoint. Mary Kay Ash said it once. So did Douglas Horton. And, countless other writers and authors have incorporated the phrase into their own … Continue reading →

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Fiction vs. Memoir

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Christi Craig

On Salon.com, Laura Miller wrote “A new book says: Fiction is dead, long live the age of autobiography,” in which she reviews Ben Yagoda’s book Memoir: A History. Laura Miller quotes Ben Yagoda when he claims fiction has become “like … Continue reading →

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