How did you react? Did you find it thought-provoking? You may already know (if you've been reading my blog in the last two months) that this is how I felt about Prozac Nation. Did reading another person's memoir make you want to write your own? Is it right to be inspired that way? Does this happen often?
For that matter, have you ever found anything (any genre) you've read to be thought-provoking enough to make you tell your own story? Do authors really get influenced this way?
Actually fiction has had a bigger impact on me. I have a greater interest in non-fiction. I made a big job change choice based on a poem by Robert Frost.
ReplyDeleteI have not read Prozac Nation.
I read both, but more fiction than nonfiction. I'm still uncertain if I should try a fictionalized memoir. I'm still doing the rough draft.
DeleteI only read celebrity biographies, so I'm probably not the best person to ask! But memoirs must tell a compelling story just as fiction would.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure different people have been inspired by all types of writing. I remember reading the Little house books as a child and wanting to write then.
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