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
The Role of Vulnerability in Writing
AS SOMEONE WHO TEACHES online memoir classes, I take a lot of questions on the fly. And, I admit, after all these years, I have many ready-made answers to those questions I've been asked repeatedly. … [Read more...] about The Role of Vulnerability in Writing
How to Use Genealogy in Memoir
As a memoir coach, memoir teacher and memoir editor, I spend a great amount of time talking people out of writing mere genealogy. When new to memoir, most people confuse the genre with autobiography, … [Read more...] about How to Use Genealogy in Memoir
Top Myths About Writing
MY FATHER WAS A sportswriter who agonized over every line he typed. He met my mother, who was also a journalist, because he was the slowest writer in the press box and was alone there when she … [Read more...] about Top Myths About Writing
