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Writing Fiction vs Nonfiction: The Truth in Both · Off the Page

Kimberla Lawson Roby: when I'm doing classes or consultations, and one of the main questions I get is, what was the difference when it came to writing fiction versus writing nonfiction? what I share is that the process is really the same. my process for writing, that has not changed. but again the difference is with fiction, you create characters. you can make up and say whatever you want to say to get your point across. The characters can do whatever you want them to do. But with nonfiction, it's the truth. It's the truth, it's the truth, whether that's the good, the bad, or the ugly. Yeah, you know, you K. R. Raye: Good, bad, or ugly. Kimberla Lawson Roby: still you're still gonna have to tell that.