My Advice For New Writers: Write Nonfiction Like Fiction

Nonfiction shouldn’t be drier than a Popeye’s biscuit

Lance R. Fletcher
The Writing Cooperative
7 min readJun 29, 2023

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I became an editor after a decade in freelance writing. One of my specialties is nonfiction editing (for books). What I see most from new writers—people who didn’t come from writing-heavy degrees or journalism backgrounds?

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