Nonfiction

True stories make great books. The old saying, "truth is stranger than fiction," holds true time and again. The laws regarding these issues of privacy and ownership of a story vary and are often...

A short story explication is a literary analysis of a short story using various literary criteria to make clear to an audience the story's purpose. Writers who analyze short stories do so by...

Pitching a story idea to a paper can be nerve-racking and frustrating, but it can also be rewarding and exciting. The major secret to successful pitches is to think like the editor of the...

Celebrating Family Stories Month in November is a great way for families to pick a topic and share personal family stories with one another. Everyone in the family can contribute a story and...

Sharing anecdotes about your life and your accomplishments is an engaging way for family members--as well as future generations--to get to know you better. Life stories that end up being published...

Every wonder how to turn your story into a Chicken Soup for the Soul article? Here are some tips from a published Chicken Soup author.

There are plenty of book publishers looking for compelling life stories. A life story can lead not only to a run as a successful hardback book, it can go into an extended, even more successful run...

Writing a good sports story isn't just about telling your audience what the final score is. With a little effort you can produce content that is compelling and rich.

Yearbooks are a great way for students to remember their school days. High school yearbooks feature individual pictures of students. College yearbooks might not feature individual student...

Wouldn't you be excited if you found a story about one of your ancestors? Everyone has hundreds of worthy stories within one lifetime. When life stories are written down, they are called memoirs....

No newspaper or magazine would be complete without personality-driven feature stories. They're the insight-filled articles about your favorite celeb or the inspiring tale of one woman's refusal to...

Writing a story about yourself can be a complicated task. It can be difficult to choose something of personal significance and put it on paper in an interesting way. You may even think you lead a...

The movie "Pursuit of Happyness" was based on a true story about a single, homeless father who tried to use his knowledge of money to land a top spot in a lending firm. "Happyness" probably...

An autobiography is a biography of someone's life written by the person who lived it. Autobiographies are typically written in first person and detail events in someone's life from the beginning,...

An autobiography is the story of one's life told by that person from his or her viewpoint. Typically, an autobiography should only be written if there has been sufficient life lived to talk about,...

The best thing about the story of your life is the fact that no one else can express it with your perspective. Your experiences, achievements and heartbreaks are worthy of being documented...

"One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind," Neil Armstrong said when he first put his foot on the moon, but what led up to it? Who is Neil Armstrong? What led him through his life to...

There's an old adage that there's a book in everyone. True, but not everyone is a natural writer. Writing a story about yourself isn't as easy as telling it, but with a few simple rules and...

Teen Vogue is one of the most popular teen magazines in the publishing industry, second only to Seventeen Magazine. While it employs staff writers, freelance writers can pitch their story ideas...

If you feel you have an important story to share with the public, or just with your family and friends, writing a memoir can be a great way to preserve that story. To write a memoir takes a lot of...

Everyone has a story of their life. Whether you hold an exciting career or consider yourself just average, no one else shares the same experiences and perceptions. Unlike a biography, which is a...

If you have found yourself on a spiritual journey and are ready to share your story follow these tips to success.

A biography is a published, nonfiction description of another person's life, usually in a written form, such as a book, but could be depicted in film. It includes factual information about the...

Autobiographies are biographies in which the author is also the subject. In autobiographies, the writer tells his or her own life story. Instead of hiring an outside writer, the subject of the...

So your first assignment of the semester is to write a story about the holidays (just an example) - specifically at your household - and all you can think of is... "I got a PlayStation."...

Sharing the life story and experiences of a loved one is a rewarding way to learn more about her life while you spend time together. Creating a memory book, a scrap book or novel from those...

The preservation of your memories is a wonderful pastime. Not just for the famous among us. Even our modest scribblings can be precious gifts to later generations, both family and strangers. As a...

Your personal experiences are ironic, poignant, ordinary in a remarkable way, funny in an excruciating way and filled with bizarre "opportunities for growth." What you understand as a result of...

Have you ever wanted to submit a story for the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books? Or have you submitted one or two, but were never published? Here are some tips on how to...

Creative non-fiction is also known as literary journalism. It's the art of telling a true story as if it were fiction, using scenes, shifting viewpoints, dialogue and well-rendered prose. The...

Unless you are writing for college admissions, a great personal essay has very few restrictions. It is a way to get your thoughts about an incident or idea on paper, and it can be therapeutic and...