Memoir gets its own guide simply because of its uniqueness among nonfiction. Most nonfiction can be easily split into instructional or informational. And while it’s definitely not instructional, it’s not precisely informational because no one is looking for information about you. Unless you’re famous. But if you’re famous, you don’t need our help, someone is already offering you a million dollars and a ghost writer for your memoir. And this is all before creative nonfiction comes along and tells you that memoir doesn’t even have to be true. at least not the whole time. So, what even is memoir?
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