Whatever you call it, it is a form of storytelling as old as the telling of stories. The genre recognizes both the inherent power of the real and the deep resonance of the literary. In a culture saturated by data without context, facts without insight and information without enlightenment, literary nonfiction holds a special and vital place. Wisdom enough to leech us of our ill Is daily spun, but there exists no loom To weave it into fabric. But the loom does exist.
Literary nonfiction is the loom.
The stories they have woven on this loom are about real people, real places and real emotions. They are timely stories that tap into the moment. But they are also timeless tales that transcend it. It also defines how the story itself is told. Literary nonfiction writers commonly use the techniques of fiction, including creation of a narrative arc, character development, scene-setting, action sequences, dialog and interior monolog.