“Her memoir is fiction — she lived through all of it.”
Usage Entry 1198 / 1350 60-second read
Fiction vs. Nonfiction
Invented stories versus factual writing.
The comparisoni
“Her memoir is nonfiction — she lived through it. Fiction is invented; memoir is nonfiction even if stylised.”
The ruleii
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FICTION = invented. NONFICTION = factual.
FICTION is invented narrative — novels, short stories, screenplays. NONFICTION is based on fact — memoirs, journalism, essays, biographies. Blurs exist (autofiction, creative nonfiction), but the intent divides them.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Fiction imagined. Nonfiction recorded.