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Originally Posted by gmw
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Thanks gmw. That's exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for. Wasn't sure what you meant by this, though:
I would normally imagine that the two different sorts of writing would be (at the start, at least) targetting two different audiences.
So one book is memoir type: eg How I overcame fear: my personal victory over fear.
The other is straight non-fiction:eg How to overcome fear in 5 steps
How would those two books be targeting different audiences?
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I doubt if there is a rule that says memoir is commercially better than other non-fiction on the same subject, or vise versa. I suspect it has more to do with how effectively the author can handle the subject in either form, than the form itself.
I think that's right on the money. I'm really thinking the memoir type style is more my natural style, but that can be kind of limiting because I mean how many memoirs can a person write? And nothing stops me from writing both styles. I'll just have to experiment.
Appreciate the feedback.