Focus On The False ‘Equivalent’

This memoirist leans into telling untruths in a funny and surprisingly satisfying way.

A constant question for writers of memoirs, essays, and creative non-fiction (CNF) is where to draw the line when fictionalizing, if at all. Can a writer claim a story is true if they deviate from what really happened, embellish the facts, or straight-up lie to readers?

While that is a valid question, the focus of this investigation is to determine how a…