Which to Write: Memoir or Autobiographical Fiction?

DL: the following is an adaptation of a reply I made on LinkedIn to comments about writing an autobiographical fiction was pretty much the same as memoir. If you area on LinkedIn, I would love to have a connection with you if we are not connected.

Should I write memoir or autobiographical fiction?

I sometimes get asked this and I have to confess that my reaction is firm. I don’t believe particularly in an either/or possibility.

There is a clear difference—a chasm really—between the choice o...