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Q&A Can I include personal experiences in nonfiction?

Any book or article can be written with either personified (first-person) or non-personified narration. You just have to select one way or the other. Typically, reader can tell from the very start...

posted 5y ago by Alexander‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:52:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Alexander‭ · 2019-12-08T12:52:29Z (almost 5 years ago)
Any book or article can be written with either personified (first-person) or non-personified narration. You just have to select one way or the other.

Typically, reader can tell from the very start if the author presents him/her self or not, and whether the entire book or article is written through the prism of a personal experience. If your situation, it may be odd if you cover most of the book in a dry third-person narration, and then start extensively using "I".

Thus, you probably would want to introduce yourself to the reader at the very beginning, and describe how you personally connected to the airport.

But maybe this narrative shift is exactly what you want, and this change of narration would be similar to breaking the "[fourth wall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_wall)".

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-09-03T17:59:22Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 1