WHAT INSPIRES YOU? What are you reading? What are you listening to? When writing memoir, are you aware just how positive an influence media can be? If not, you are missing one of the great helpers for … [Read more...] about Creative Inspiration: In Memoir, it’s DIY
How to Start a Memoir? Like This
IF, LIKE ME, YOU have a place in your house that looks like the photo above, you also have the perfect metaphor for how to start a memoir. From my years as a memoir coach, memoir editor and memoir … [Read more...] about How to Start a Memoir? Like This
Struggling With Characterization? Think Gifts
HOW TO WRITE characterization in memoir? It's an essential skill, and one you must master. Characterization informs us on who the people are in your story, what they are doing there and what impact … [Read more...] about Struggling With Characterization? Think Gifts
The Role of a Daily Writing Practice When Facing Trauma, with Sara Sherbill
SARA SHERBILL IS A WRITER with a focus on mental health, motherhood, and domestic violence. Her new book is There Was Night and There Was Morning, a Memoir of Trauma and Redemption, just out from … [Read more...] about The Role of a Daily Writing Practice When Facing Trauma, with Sara Sherbill
How to Write About Family? Here are Some Rules to Write By
HOW TO WRITE ABOUT family is a classic dilemma of many memoir writers. It’s one of the questions I get asked all the time in my memoir writing classes. And since I have a sister, husband and a child, … [Read more...] about How to Write About Family? Here are Some Rules to Write By
A Quick Lesson to Improve Your Memoir Writing Skills
I’VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT attraction – specifically, what attracts what and why, and how that phenomenon affects our memoir writing skills. I bet you are tilting your head right now, just the … [Read more...] about A Quick Lesson to Improve Your Memoir Writing Skills
