The greatest challenge to your writing career is not what you think. It’s not your job, kids, or your marriage; it’s also not your lack of a job, kids or a marriage or your prolonged search for any … [Read more...] about How to Start Writing Every Day
Who is the Narrator of Your Memoir? That Depends on Your Perspective
WHO IS THE NARRATOR OF YOUR MEMOIR? It’s a question I write in the margin of every manuscript I edit, a question I ask in all of the memoir coaching I do, and a question I propose in every online … [Read more...] about Who is the Narrator of Your Memoir? That Depends on Your Perspective
How To Write Less and Say More
HOW TO WRITE LESS and say more? Keeping things spare is a hard task, but one you must master in the process of learning to write well. This is a particularly heinous assignment when it comes to … [Read more...] about How To Write Less and Say More
How To Write Your Memoir: A 3-Step Guide
THERE ARE THREE MUST-HAVE COMPONENTS TO ANY PIECE OF MEMOIR, and knowing what they are will instantly allow you to get to work writing well. Master these, and you can have a writing life. It’s as … [Read more...] about How To Write Your Memoir: A 3-Step Guide
What to Read To Learn to Write Memoir
AS A MEMOIR COACH and online memoir teacher, I spend a lot of my time speaking to people about what they read. As a result, it seems to me that the question of what to read to learn to write memoir is … [Read more...] about What to Read To Learn to Write Memoir
How To Add Humor to a Sad Memoir
HOW TO ADD HUMOR to a sad memoir? And why? And where? These are the questions faced by every good writer whose efforts may seem easy when read, but who labored over lightening up some of life's … [Read more...] about How To Add Humor to a Sad Memoir
