WRITING MEMOIR IN PRESENT TENSE suits grief in ways that the past tense simply cannot provide. Think about it for a moment and you may agree. Or better yet, read Amy Biancolli on writing her new book, … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Writing Memoir in The Present Tense
Writing Lessons: Need Help With Your Memoir? Call The Midwife
A FEW WEEKS AGO I ran a piece about getting help from a sibling while writing memoir. But how about getting professional writing help? What does that look like, and how does that work? When I was … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Need Help With Your Memoir? Call The Midwife
How To Master Memoir Writing. Consider a Low-Residency MFA
IS GETTING AN MFA in Creative Writing a dream of yours? Did you know that it can more easily be fulfilled at a low-residency program, where on-campus time can be as little as a few days in each … [Read more...] about How To Master Memoir Writing. Consider a Low-Residency MFA
Twenty Top Tips For Writing Memoir
IT’S THE BIRTHDAY of the Writing Lessons column. It's been a year, and in that time some of the greatest current memoir writers have taken their time to teach you how to write memoir. To celebrate the … [Read more...] about Twenty Top Tips For Writing Memoir
Writing Lessons: Are There Rules for Writing Memoir?
ARE THERE RULES FOR WRITING MEMOIR? For instance, can your story be enlarged by the story of someone else whose life parallels or informs your own? When Maria Mutch proposed this question as a Writing … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Are There Rules for Writing Memoir?
Writing Lessons: Finding the Message in Your Memoir Writing
MUCH LIKE FINDING MEANING IN LIFE, finding the message in your memoir writing requires some digging. I would argue that in both life and in writing what you should dig past are the easy questions and … [Read more...] about Writing Lessons: Finding the Message in Your Memoir Writing
