LATER THIS WEEK, I’ll be teaching a free class called “How to Start an Excellent Memoir.” I last offered this class in August, and it was very well received. So, we’re doing it again. … [Read more...] about How To Start an Excellent Memoir? Try This Free Online Class
How To Write That First, Messy Draft: The Perfect Recipe
SINCE PUBLICATION OF THE MEMOIR PROJECT, my irreverent little book on how to write memoir, there has not been one day that I have not wanted to tweak it, adding a small thought or a phrase to what I … [Read more...] about How To Write That First, Messy Draft: The Perfect Recipe
How to Overcome Writer’s Block
IS THIS YOU IN THE PHOTO? Is this what you do during the time you set aside to work on your memoir? Are you stuck in your writing? Do you get up out of the chair and walk around, get distracted and … [Read more...] about How to Overcome Writer’s Block
How True Does Memoir Have to Be?
How true does memoir have to be? It’s a fine question and one I get a lot as a memoir coach and writing teacher. And it’s one I’ve asked myself many times, of course, particularly when wrestling with … [Read more...] about How True Does Memoir Have to Be?
How To Write About the Big Stuff of Life? Go Small
ACCENTUATE THE COMPLICATED. Yes, I know, the phrase does not have the syncopation of the wildly more popular (as well as musical), “Ac-cen-tu-ate the positive,” but as far as I can tell, the … [Read more...] about How To Write About the Big Stuff of Life? Go Small
Family on its Way? Seven Successful Secrets for Capturing them in Memoir
IT ARRIVES FOUR TIMES EACH YEAR. You think I mean the seasons changing, don't you? Nope. Not that. Or, more to the point, all that plus this one other altogether totemic quarterly moment that happens … [Read more...] about Family on its Way? Seven Successful Secrets for Capturing them in Memoir
