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5 Tips on Writing Creative Nonfiction from Author Adair Lara

It was a pleasure to welcome Adair Lara as guest author for the spring 2012 session of my online course Memories into Story: Introduction to Life Writing (University of Toronto in partnership with the New York Times Knowledge Network). Adair is the San Francisco–based author of the memoir Hold Me Close, Let Me Go, and of Naked, Drunk and Writing: Shed Your Inhibitions and Craft a Compelling Memoir.

Following are some of her thoughtful answers to my students’ interview questions.

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Tuesday, June 12th, 2012