Story as Scrapbook: Structuring Prose with Documents, Letters, Journal Entries, and Articles

Sometimes the best way to create the big picture of your story is to incorporate artifacts that illuminate an aspect that straightforward narration alone can’t offer. We'll look at examples from fiction and nonfiction that include journal entries, letters, documents, reports, and other artifacts in books by Justin Torres, Alexander Sammartino, Tess Gunty, Eowyn Ivey, Maureen Staunton, and more and explore how and when to use scrapbooking technique to craft our stories.