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Creative Nonfiction Workbook: Writing Factual Stories

Creative Nonfiction Workbook: Writing Factual Stories

A memoir is more than a list of personal history. It can enlighten and entertain. Steps to create a powerful story narrative from real life.

2021

Stories

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Ode to Hibiscus

The Master Gardener cares for all things — a poem

Jun 23, 2022

A beautiful crimson Hibiscus plant with full blooms

Jun 23, 2022

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Koinonia

How I Forgave My Father

After all the years of abuse

Aug 10, 2022

An old man walking with a stick, carrying shopping.

Aug 10, 2022

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Weeds & Wildflowers

Just a Minute

A single minute contained in a poem

May 28, 2022

An hourglass on pink background

May 28, 2022

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English Container Gardens

History and haiku poem

Feb 9, 2022

Potted flowers — daffodils and hyacinth

Feb 9, 2022

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She Knew He Wasn’t The One

A creative nonfiction short story about a breakup

Jul 19

Woman looking in mirror sees a different reflection of herself.

Jul 19

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Koinonia

How to Write Poems Within Poems

The Golden Shovel poetic style

Jul 10

A child digging with a yellow plastic shovel.

Jul 10

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Weeds & Wildflowers

Remembrance in A Tiny Blue Flower

How a cluster of blue flowers brings joy in remembering a loved one

Jul 3

A cluster of forget-me-not flowers

Jul 3

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My Grandfather Lived His Entire Life With the Wrong Name

A creative nonfiction story about ancestry and adoption

Jun 19

Photo of Englishman in 1940s

Jun 19

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Koinonia

Writing Bulletin Board Poetry

When fewer words are more meaningful

Jun 17

A neon sign that says, “This is the sign you’ve been looking for.”

Jun 17

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Weeds & Wildflowers

Survival of the Decimated Cherry Tree

A short poem of determination in nature

Jun 15

Survival of the Decimated Cherry Tree

Jun 15

Lynne Collier

Lynne Collier

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Writer of stories and poetry. Christ follower. Yorkshire lass living in Ontario. Loves nature and gardening. https://lynnecollier.com/my-books/

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