Bestselling author Alex Messenger shares his journey from writing an acclaimed memoir to switching over to fiction.
I recently wrote a piece for Writer’s Digest magazine about transitioning from memoir in THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY, to fiction with my debut novel THE ICE ON THE LAKE. The essay just posted today.
From the essay:
After publishing The Twenty-Ninth Day, I simultaneously knew that it wouldn’t be the last book I’d ever write, and that coming up with a way to follow that up was going to be a challenge. I wanted to pick up the next project as soon as I could, and I worked through various ideas and concepts. Still, I kept waiting for inspiration to strike.
It wasn’t long before I decided I might switch genres. I’d loved the experience of writing nonfiction. I still write nonfiction in my role as a marketing and communication professional with the University of Minnesota Duluth, and in a number of other capacities outside my vocational creative writing of books.
But I was excited by the possibility of applying my creative storytelling to something with more freedom…
Read the rest of the essay in Writer’s Digest at this link: Writing memoir to fiction
