The following piece appeared in Global Geneva and I am happy to share the link. I wrote this for the Leading Edge section of this excellent ground-breaking publication. In it, I discourse on the huge difference between writing nonfiction and fiction and how I took the plunge. Click here to read. https://www.global-geneva.com/writing-a-novel-a-novel-experience-the-story-that-would-not-leave-me-alone/
When you read it, you will see what different worlds fiction and nonfiction are. One is not “better” than the other. They are simply different genres and having written nonfiction, I was happy to learn about some of the tools needed to write a fictional story. It was hard – but well worth it.