WHAT IS A MEMOIR? It is a piece of writing told from one area of your expertise that illustrates something you know resulting from something you did. Do you find that definition surprising? Many … [Read more...] about What is a Memoir? A Book with Structure
How to Structure a Book? Learn How & Overcome Writing A Book’s Great Challenge
“What is the one thing I need to know to write a book?” I am asked this all the time, and I used to reply that it was knowing what the book is about. No more. I now know that the single greatest … [Read more...] about How to Structure a Book? Learn How & Overcome Writing A Book’s Great Challenge
How to Choose The Right Story to Tell
How to choose the right story to tell? It's a great question, and one that plagues every memoirist. But it's the essential question, because if I could pinpoint the one common problem of all memoir … [Read more...] about How to Choose The Right Story to Tell
My Best Advice for Getting a Book Contract
The best advice for getting a book contract for your memoir is this: Write an Op-ed. Why? Because every piece of non-fiction is an argument and nothing hones your argument like writing a … [Read more...] about My Best Advice for Getting a Book Contract
How to Write and Publish A Book: Next Up in the Writing Lessons Series
LEARNING HOW TO WRITE AND PUBLISH A BOOK includes understanding both what to do and, of course, what not to do. And while I have given many lists to you on the topic of what to do, I frequently forget … [Read more...] about How to Write and Publish A Book: Next Up in the Writing Lessons Series
How to Write A Book? Listen Up.
LEARNING HOW TO WRITE A BOOK just got a whole lot easier -- as it should, since the online world is bringing together people with skills and people with a need for those skills. What a happy combo … [Read more...] about How to Write A Book? Listen Up.
