I WENT TO WRITE SOMETHING the other day and discovered I was – uh-oh! – rusty. Really rusty. I write all the time, and I have published four books, but these days I write mostly for this blog or for … [Read more...] about How to Write While Rusty: A Guide to Working Amid The Tumult and After a Pause
How to Write About Marriage? Learn How to Write the Personal Essay
I TEACH ONLINE MEMOIR CLASSES and work as a memoir coach and memoir editor, and in those roles I get a lot of requests for teaching how to write the personal essay. The essay is my favorite medium and … [Read more...] about How to Write About Marriage? Learn How to Write the Personal Essay
How to Use Lists to Write Memoir: In Memoriam to the Best List Writer I’ve Known
SOME TIME AGO, I learned from an expert the exquisite skill of how to use lists to write memoir. It happened one night in a class and no one who witnessed it was unchanged. This was when I still … [Read more...] about How to Use Lists to Write Memoir: In Memoriam to the Best List Writer I’ve Known
When To Show The Reader What The Piece is About
You are driving behind a car and notice the left-hand turning signal goes on. As a result, you expect that car in front of you to merge or turn. But the car doesn’t turn, though that turning signal … [Read more...] about When To Show The Reader What The Piece is About
How to Go From Idea to Publication, with Ada Calhoun
Writer Ada Calhoun was miserable. She had written and published books, was in a successful relationship and parenting experience and had great reviews for her professional work, and yet she was lying … [Read more...] about How to Go From Idea to Publication, with Ada Calhoun
How to Write from Counterphobia, with Alice Lichtenstein
Alice Lichtenstein knows how to write about tough topics. We met because she was afraid to send in something to a live reading I was curating, and the result was a spectacular piece of work. So, too, … [Read more...] about How to Write from Counterphobia, with Alice Lichtenstein
