HOW TO WRITE ABOUT YOUR KIDS is a classic dilemma for many memoir writers. It’s one of the questions I get asked all the time in my classes and personal memoir coaching. And since I have a kid, and … [Read more...] about How To Write About Your Kids Without Making Them Crazy(er)
What To Write Next? The Dilemma Du Jour
THE DILEMMA DU JOUR is what to write next. At least it is for me. In fact, the dilemma of the day, every day, is what to write next, isn’t it? And this from someone who lives with a time grid on her … [Read more...] about What To Write Next? The Dilemma Du Jour
Writing Lessons: How to Begin a Memoir
HOW TO BEGIN A MEMOIR rattles most writers, though perhaps none more than those who had eccentric childhoods. When growing up amid the crazy or quirky stuff of life, competing, vivid images provide a … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: How to Begin a Memoir
Ban All Writing Exercises and Prompts. Now.
NO MORE WRITING EXERCISES. I mean it. from this day forward you are to ban all writing prompts. If you are going to learn how to write memoir, you need to learn to write with intent. That’s my phrase … [Read more...] about Ban All Writing Exercises and Prompts. Now.
Insanely Practical Writing Advice
PROBABLY THE SINGLE SENTENCE I say most in my memoir teaching and coaching practice is to “read above your head and write within your means.” These are words I live by, saying them to myself every … [Read more...] about Insanely Practical Writing Advice
5 Tools I Can’t Write Without
There are five essential tools I have on my desk every day when I write -- five tools that I cannot write without. These are five tools every writer needs. They have not changed in many years and I … [Read more...] about 5 Tools I Can’t Write Without
