How to Know if You’re Writing Memoir or Autofiction

Many writers have recently released books that read very much like memoirs but are labeled as “autofiction.” Just what does that mean, and how do you know if it’s what you want to write?

Sometimes you start writing a story but you don’t quite know if it’s going to be memoir or fiction. That’s why we’re stoked to have Rebecca van Laer teaching Memoir vs. Autofiction: Situating Your First-Person Story at Narratively Academy this month. Today, Rebecca joins us to share a little insight into how she thinks about this hot literary topic of the moment.